Objective To describe the use and nationwide variation of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) following the introduction of the revised national transfusion ...

Predicting extubation failure in preterm infants using lung ultrasound: a diagnostic accuracy study ...

Most neonates with clinically significant pulmonary hypertension (PH) will have either persistent PH of the newborn (PPHN) or bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Cyanotic congenital heart disease must be ...

Background Although survival rates for infants of less than 26 weeks' gestation have increased, rates for those born at less than 24 weeks do not appear to have changed. While there are good data on ...

1 Department of Neonatology, Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 2 Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital, Ankara, Turkey ...

1 Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil 2 Division of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil ...

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Tygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Dr K S Strozik, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Stellenbosch, PO Box ...

1 International Perinatal Care Unit, Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK Neonatal infections currently cause about 1.6 ...

Most very preterm infants have difficulty aerating their lungs and require respiratory support at birth. Currently in clinical practice, non-invasive ventilation in the form of continuous positive ...

Correspondence to Dr James William Harrison Webbe, Academic Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK; j.webbe{at}imperial.ac.uk Background Neonatal research evaluates many different ...

Correspondence to Dr Benjamin Cailes, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group and Vaccine Institute, St George’s University of London, London, SW11 0RU, UK; bcailes{at}sgul.ac.uk Objective To ...

Background High feed osmolality (or osmolarity) is often suggested to be linked with adverse gastrointestinal events in preterm infants. Aim To systematically review the literature on milk feed ...