BMJ17h
3-lead electrocardiogram is more reliable than pulse oximetry to detect bradycardia during stabilisation at birth of very preterm infants
Correspondence to Dr Luis Arruza, Division of Neonatology, Instituto del Niño y del Adolescente Hospital Clí­nico San Carlos-IdISSC, Professor Martin Lagos s/n, 28040 - Madrid, Spain; ...
BMJ1d
Haemolytic disease of the newborn
1 Imperial College, Department of Paediatrics, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, UK 2 Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Hammersmith Campus, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, UK ...
BMJ2d
Neonatal necrotising enterocolitis and perinatal exposure to co-amoxyclav
Correspondence to: Dr Subhedar NICU, Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Crown Street, Liverpool L8 7SS, UK; nvsubhedar_lwh{at}yahoo.com If you wish to reuse any or all of ...
BMJ3d
Morbidity and mortality with early pulmonary haemorrhage in preterm neonates
Objective There are no large studies evaluating pulmonary haemorrhage (PH) in premature infants. We sought to quantify the clinical characteristics, morbidities and mortality associated with early PH.
BMJ4d
Use of specific immunoradiometric assay to determine preterm neonatal insulin-glucose relations.
Highly specific immunoradiometric assays were used to measure plasma concentrations of insulin, proinsulin, and 32-33 split proinsulin in neonates (n = 16). Neonatal plasma insulin concentrations were ...
BMJ6d
Incidents and errors in neonatal intensive care: a review of the literature
Objectives: To examine the characteristics of incident reporting systems in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in relation to type, aetiology, outcome and preventability of incidents. Methods: ...
BMJ6d
Randomised trial of dopamine compared with hydrocortisone for the treatment of hypotensive very low birthweight infants
AIM To compare the efficacy of hydrocortisone with dopamine for the treatment of hypotensive, very low birthweight (VLBW) infants. METHODS Forty infants were randomly allocated to receive either ...
BMJ7d
Pulse oximetry screening for congenital heart defects in newborn infants: an evaluation of acceptability to mothers
3 Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 4 School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 5 Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Women's ...
BMJ7d
Effect of salt supplementation of newborn premature infants on neurodevelopmental outcome at 10–13 years of age
1 Academic Department of Paediatrics, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Hospitals School of Medicine, 12th Floor, Guy's Tower, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK 2 Newcomen Centre, Guy's Hospital ...
BMJ7d
Outcome at 14 years of extremely low birthweight infants: a regional study
a The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, b The Mercy Hospital for Women, Melbourne Associate Professor Doyle, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Royal Women's Hospital, 132 ...
BMJ7d
EUROCAT: 25 years of European surveillance of congenital anomalies
The surveillance of congenital anomalies serves two main purposes: to facilitate the identification of teratogenic (malformation causing) exposures and to assess the impact of primary prevention and ...
BMJ7d
Pulmonary artery pressure: early predictor of chronic lung disease in preterm infants
a Department of Child Health, University of Liverpool, b Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool Women’s Hospital Dr N V Subhedar, Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool Women’s ...