Background Umbilical venous catheters (UVCs) are associated with thrombus formation. Most studies on thrombosis in infants with UVCs focus on only one part of the route, and none assessed a control ...

AIM To explore the time of onset and duration of action of topical amethocaine gel in the newborn infant. DESIGN A randomised double blind placebo controlled trial. SUBJECTS Thirty six infants were ...

Serial physical examination for screening and management of early-onset neonatal sepsis: a pragmatic next step in the journey of antibiotic stewardship?

Department of Child Health Bristol University Southmead Hospital Bristol BS 10 5NB Professor Peter Dunn. If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use ...

Objective: To evaluate the safety and practicality of using advanced neonatal nurse practitioners (ANNPs) to lead acute neonatal transfers. Design: Comparison of transport times, transport ...

2 University of Liverpool Institute of Translational Medicine, Liverpool, UK Correspondence to Harriet Corbett, University of Liverpool Institute of Translational Medicine, Child Health, Crown Street, ...

Correct size at birth is associated with health later in life “How much did he/she weigh?” is often the first question proud parents are asked after they have announced the sex of their newly ...

AIMS To compare the perinatal mortality and morbidity of infants with twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) with those of gestation matched twin controls and to assess the neurodevelopmental outcome ...

Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Osaka Medical College, 2-7, Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-8686, Japan Correspondence to: Dr Ogihara Division of Neonatology, Department of ...

Correspondence to Dr David G Sweet, Neonatal Unit, Royal Maternity Hospital, Belfast, Belfast, UK; david.sweet{at}belfasttrust.hscni.net What should neonatologists do now, while acknowledging that we ...

Magnetic resonance imaging studies in two cases of neonatal hypoglycaemia showed cortical and white matter cerebral damage that was most obvious in the occipital lobes. Both cases showed oedema in the ...

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 ...