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Unexpected collapse in apparently healthy newborns – a prospective national study of a missing cohort of neonatal deaths and near-death events

Background Sudden and unexpected postnatal collapse (SUPC) of a healthy newborn infant is a rare event, which carries a high risk of mortality and significant neurodisability in survivors. An ...
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Neonatal–perinatal medicine in a transitional period in China

3 Department of Neonatology, Hubei Provincial Women and Children's Hospital, Wuhan, China 4 Department of Neonatology and Obstetrics, Huai'an Women and Children's Hospital, Huai'an, Jiangsu, China ...
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Six years' experience of prophylactic oral vitamin K

AIMS The ability of oral vitamin K to eliminate all risk of vitamin K deficiency bleeding during the first three months of life was studied. METHODS Babies (n=182 000) in the north of England judged ...
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Confidence in the prediction of neurodevelopmental outcome by cranial ultrasound and MRI in preterm infants

1 Institute of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London and MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK 2 Division of Neonatology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, ...
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Family integrated care: very preterm neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18 months

Objective To examine whether the family integrated care (FICare) programme, a multifaceted approach which enables parents to be engaged as primary caregivers in the neonatal intensive care unit, ...
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Synchronous intermittent mandatory ventilation modes compared with patient triggered ventilation during weaning.

The efficacy of combining rate and pressure reduction during weaning by synchronous intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) were compared with weaning by patient triggered ventilation (PTV) ...
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Superior vena cava flow in newborn infants: a novel marker of systemic blood flow

BACKGROUND Ventricular outputs cannot be used to assess systemic blood flow in preterm infants because they are confounded by shunts through the ductus arteriosus and atrial septum. However, flow ...
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Donor human milk for Muslim infants in the UK

Correspondence to Dr Thomas Williams, Neonatal Unit, Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, UK; Thomas.Williams{at}cantab ...
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High flow nasal cannula versus NCPAP, duration to full oral feeds in preterm infants: a randomised controlled trial

Objective To compare the time taken by preterm infants with evolving chronic lung disease to achieve full oral feeding when supported with humidified high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) or nasal continuous ...
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Electromagnetic fields produced by incubators influence heart rate variability in newborns

Background: Incubators are largely used to preserve preterm and sick babies from postnatal stressors, but their motors produce high electromagnetic fields (EMFs). Newborns are chronically exposed to ...
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Cardiac effects of short course dexamethasone in preterm infants

a Peter Congden Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, D Floor Clarendon Wing, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, LS2 9NS, b Killingbeck Hospital Leeds Dr R Skelton Hull Maternity Hospital, Hedon Road, Hull HU9 ...
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Nasal trauma due to continuous positive airway pressure in neonates

1 Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, Centre Hospitalier University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland 2 Paediatric Surgery, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of ...