This is a selection of articles from the April 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Perinatology & Neonatology headlines.
Duodenal atresia in an infant with triple-X syndrome: A new associated malformation in 47,XXX
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - April 30, 2007 Authors: Udo Rolle, Barbara Linse, Simone Glasow, Klaus Rainer Sandig, Thomas Richter, Holger Till Source Type: journals
Linking animal models to human congenital diaphragmatic hernia
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - April 27, 2007 Authors: Niels Beurskens, Merel Klaassens, Robbert Rottier, Annelies de Klein, Dick Tibboel Source Type: journals
Individualized developmental care for high risk newborns in the NICU: A practice guideline.
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Source: Early Human Development - April 27, 2007 Authors: Vandenberg KA Tags: Early Hum Dev Source Type: journals
Staff opinions regarding the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP).
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Source: Early Human Development - April 26, 2007 Authors: van der Pal SM, Maguire CM, Cessie SL, Veen S, Wit JM, Walther FJ, Bruil J Tags: Early Hum Dev Source Type: journals
Prenatal diagnosis of tracheo-oesophageal fistula and oesophageal atresia
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - April 26, 2007 Authors: M. Choudhry, P. A. Boyd, P. F. Chamberlain, K Lakhoo Source Type: journals
Prenatal diagnosis of a Turkish Bartsocas-Papas syndrome case with upper limb pterigia
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - April 25, 2007 Authors: Gülay Ceylaner, Melih A. Güven, Serdar Ceylaner, Murat Uzel, Kamil Müftüo[gcaron]lu Source Type: journals
Reading preterm infants' behavioral cues: An intervention study with parents of premature infants born
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Source: Early Human Development - April 25, 2007 Authors: Maguire CM, Bruil J, Wit JM, Walther FJ Tags: Early Hum Dev Source Type: journals
High fever-related maternal diseases as possible causes of multiple congenital abnormalities: A population-based case-control study
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - April 25, 2007 Authors: Andrew E. Czeizel, Erzsébet H. Puhó, Nándor Ács, Ferenc Bánhidy Source Type: journals
Fetus in fetu - from prenatal ultrasound and MRI diagnosis to postnatal confirmation
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - April 24, 2007 Authors: Pui Wah Hui, Tina Poy Wing Lam, Kwong Leung Chan, Chin Peng Lee Source Type: journals
Prenatal detection of congenital bilateral cataract leading to the diagnosis of Nance-Horan syndrome in the extended family
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - April 24, 2007 Authors: Adi Reches, Yuval Yaron, Kathryn Burdon, Ornit Crystal-Shalit, Dvora Kidron, Mira Malcov, Ron Tepper Source Type: journals
Application of QF-PCR for the prenatal assessment of discordant monozygotic twins for fetal sex
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - April 24, 2007 Authors: F. J. Fernández-Martínez, A. Galindo, A. Moreno-Izquierdo, M. J. Gómez-Rodríguez, M. Moreno-García, A. Grañeras, E. Barreiro Source Type: journals
Implementation of newborn individualised developmental care in the neonatal intensive care unit: Why and how?
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Source: Early Human Development - April 23, 2007 Authors: Walther FJ Tags: Early Hum Dev Source Type: journals
Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) - Family-centered developmentally supportive care.
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Source: Early Human Development - April 23, 2007 Authors: Westrup B Tags: Early Hum Dev Source Type: journals
Evaluation of aflatoxin B1 embryotoxicity using the frog embryo teratogenesis assay-Xenopus and bio-activation with microsome activation systems
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part B: Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology - April 21, 2007 Authors: Claudio Vismara, Francesca Caloni Source Type: journals
[Short reports] Postmortem magnetic resonance imaging as an adjunct to perinatal autopsy for renal-tract abnormalities
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Hagmann, C F, Robertson, N J, Sams, V R, Brookes, J A S Tags: Short reports Source Type: journals
[Original articles] Prenatal diagnosis of pulmonary atresia: impact on clinical presentation and early outcome
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Tzifa, A., Barker, C., Tibby, S. M, Simpson, J. M Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals
[Reviews] Dysmorphology demystified
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Reardon, W., Donnai, D. Tags: Reviews Source Type: journals
[Letters] Malposition of endotracheal tube: association with pneumothorax in ventilated neonates
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Niwas, R., Nadroo, A. M, Sutija, V. G, Gudavalli, M., Narula, P. Tags: Letters Source Type: journals
[Perinatal lessons from the past] Arvo Ylppo (1887-1992): pioneer of Finnish paediatrics
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Dunn, P M Tags: Informed Consent, Perinatal Perinatal lessons from the past Source Type: journals
[Original articles] Conventional birth weight standards obscure fetal growth restriction in preterm infants
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Cooke, R. W I Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals
[Perspectives] Neonatal transfers - a thin layer of glue to keep the service network together?
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Greisen, G. Tags: Perspectives Source Type: journals
[Original articles] Impact of service changes on neonatal transfer patterns over 10 years
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Cusack, J. M, Field, D. J, Manktelow, B. N Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals
[Reviews] Should pulse oximetry be used to screen for congenital heart disease?
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Valmari, P. Tags: Reviews Source Type: journals
[Book reviews] Practical neonatal endocrinology
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Malbon, K. Tags: Book reviews Source Type: journals
[Original articles] Neurodevelopmental outcomes of neonates with medically and surgically treated necrotizing enterocolitis
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Rees, C. M, Pierro, A., Eaton, S. Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals
[Leading articles] Vesicoamniotic shunting for fetal lower urinary tract obstruction: an overview
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Morris, R K, Khan, K S, Kilby, M D Tags: Leading articles Source Type: journals
[Letters] Variations in practice among paediatric consultants when referring unexpected neonatal deaths to a coroner
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Chonat, S., Lakshman, R., Clements, M., Iles, R. Tags: Letters Source Type: journals
[Leading articles] ILCOR and neonatal resuscitation 2005
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Richmond, D. S. Tags: Leading articles Source Type: journals
[Original articles] Donor breast milk versus infant formula for preterm infants: systematic review and meta-analysis
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Boyd, C. A, Quigley, M. A, Brocklehurst, P. Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals
[Original articles] Accuracy of pulse oximetry in screening for congenital heart disease in asymptomatic newborns: a systematic review
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Thangaratinam, S., Daniels, J., Ewer, A. K, Zamora, J., Khan, K. S Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals
[Corrections] CORRECTION
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Tags: Corrections Source Type: journals
[Letters] Predictors of clinical outcome for infants transferred for extracorporeal life support consideration
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Mills, L., Redpath, S., Liddell, M., Simpson, J., Davis, C., Skeoch, C., Jackson, L. Tags: Letters Source Type: journals
[Original articles] Population pharmacokinetics and dosing regimen design of milrinone in preterm infants
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Paradisis, M., Jiang, X., McLachlan, A. J, Evans, N., Kluckow, M., Osborn, D. Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals
[Perspectives] Banking for the future: investing in human milk
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Williams, A. F, Kingdon, C. C, Weaver, G. Tags: Perspectives Source Type: journals
[Images in neonatal medicine] Pneumopericardium in a term infant on nasal continuous positive airway pressure
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Turkbay, D. Tags: Images in neonatal medicine Source Type: journals
[Original articles] Effect of a centralised transfer service on characteristics of inter-hospital neonatal transfers
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Kempley, S T, Baki, Y, Hayter, G, Ratnavel, N, Cavazzoni, E, Reyes, T, on behalf of the Thames Regional Perinatal Group and the Neonatal Transfer Service for London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals
[Original articles] Norwood procedure for hypoplastic left heart syndrome: BT shunt or RV-PA conduit?
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Edwards, L., Morris, K. P, Siddiqui, A., Harrington, D., Barron, D., Brawn, W. Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals
[Perspectives] Estimated fetal weights versus birth weights: should the reference intrauterine growth curves based on birth weights be retired?
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Ehrenkranz, R. A Tags: Perspectives Source Type: journals
[Images in neonatal medicine] An unusual complication of phototherapy
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Devakumar, D. Tags: Images in neonatal medicine Source Type: journals
[Fantoms] Fantoms
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - April 20, 2007 Authors: Stenson, B. Tags: Fantoms Source Type: journals
Elevated total peripheral leukocyte count may identify risk for neurological disability in asphyxiated term neonates
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Source: Journal of Perinatology - April 19, 2007 Authors: A A MorkosA O HopperD D DemingS M YellonN WycliffeS AshwalL C SowersR L PeveriniD M Angeles Source Type: journals
Early human milk feeding is associated with a lower risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants
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Source: Journal of Perinatology - April 19, 2007 Authors: P M SiskC A LoveladyR G DillardK J GruberT M O'Shea Source Type: journals
Low-molecular-weight heparin in pregnancy: peripartum bleeding complications
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Source: Journal of Perinatology - April 19, 2007 Authors: M A KominiarekS M AngelopoulosN L ShapiroL StudeeE A NutescuJ U Hibbard Source Type: journals
Prenatal diagnosis of complete trisomy 19q
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - April 19, 2007 Authors: Ivana Babi[cacute], Bojana Brajenovi[cacute]-Mili[cacute], Oleg Petrovi[cacute], Elvira Musta[cacute], Miljenko Kapovi[cacute] Source Type: journals
Increased hemolysis from saline pre-washing RBCs or centrifugal pumps in neonatal ECMO
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Source: Journal of Perinatology - April 19, 2007 Authors: C MasalungaM CruzB PorterS RoseffB ChuiE Mainali Source Type: journals
Inhaled nitric oxide in infants >1500 g and
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Source: Journal of Perinatology - April 19, 2007 Authors: K P Van MeursS R HintzR A EhrenkranzJ A LemonsM B BallW K PooleR PerrittA DasR D HigginsD K Stevenson Source Type: journals
Infant end-of-life care: the parents' perspective
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Source: Journal of Perinatology - April 19, 2007 Authors: C L BrosigR L PierucciM J KupstS R Leuthner Source Type: journals
Is refractory hypotension in preterm infants a manifestation of early ductal shunting?
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Source: Journal of Perinatology - April 19, 2007 Authors: S SarkarR DechertR E SchumacherS M Donn Source Type: journals
Association between early postnatal weight loss and death or BPD in small and appropriate for gestational age extremely low-birth-weight infants
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Source: Journal of Perinatology - April 19, 2007 Authors: R WadhawanW OhR PerrittA R LaptookK PooleL L WrightA A FanaroffS DuaraB J StollR Goldberg Source Type: journals
Hypoxic respiratory failure: etiology and outcomes at one referral center 2000 through 2005
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Source: Journal of Perinatology - April 19, 2007 Authors: W E TruogG KurthB HaneyH W Kilbride Source Type: journals
Severe early onset pre-eclampsia: prognostic value of ultrasound and Doppler assessment
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Source: Journal of Perinatology - April 19, 2007 Authors: L GeertsH J Odendaal Source Type: journals
Assessing the mammary gland of nonhuman primates: effects of endogenous hormones and exogenous hormonal agents and growth factors
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part B: Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology - April 18, 2007 Authors: J. Mark Cline Source Type: journals
High-throughput staining for the evaluation of fetal skeletal development in rats and rabbits
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part B: Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology - April 18, 2007 Authors: Brian G. Redfern, L. David Wise Source Type: journals
Atrazine and reproductive function: mode and mechanism of action studies
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part B: Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology - April 18, 2007 Authors: Ralph L. Cooper, Susan C. Laws, Parikshit C. Das, Michael G. Narotsky, Jerome M. Goldman, E. Lee Tyrey, Tammy E. Stoker Source Type: journals
Introduction to Female Reproductive Physiology and Toxicology Review Series
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part B: Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology - April 18, 2007 Authors: Robert Chapin Source Type: journals
Tibolone: example of qualitative and quantitative assessments of the mammary gland
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part B: Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology - April 18, 2007 Authors: J. Mark Cline Source Type: journals
Four cases of fetal hypoechoic hepatomegaly associated with Trisomy 21 and transient abnormal myelopoiesis
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - April 17, 2007 Authors: Akira Kikuchi, Nozomi Tamura, Keisuke Ishii, Koichi Takakuwa, Masamichi Matsunaga, Norihito Sudo, Kenichi Tanaka Source Type: journals
Prenatal diagnosis of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) by DHCR7 mutation analysis
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - April 17, 2007 Authors: John S. Waye, Barry Eng, Ma[lstrok]gorzata J. M. Nowaczyk Source Type: journals
Prenatal thrombosis of the inferior vena cava and the renal veins
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - April 17, 2007 Authors: Noam Smorgick, Arie Herman, Yifat Wiener, Reuvit Halperin, Dan Sherman Source Type: journals
Flow cytometric assessment of feto-maternal hemorrhage; a comparison with Betke-Kleihauer
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - April 17, 2007 Authors: Bernard J. Fernandes, Peter von Dadelszen, Inez Fazal, Nikki Bansil, Greg Ryan Source Type: journals
Influence of maternal systemic lupus erythematosus on first-trimester combined screening for chromosomal abnormalities
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - April 17, 2007 Authors: J. Heinig, J. Steinhard, R. Schmitz, J.-R. Nofer, L. Kiesel, W. Klockenbusch Source Type: journals
Reference charts and equations of Korean fetal biometry
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - April 15, 2007 Authors: Sung IL Jung, Young Ho Lee, Min Hoan Moon, Mi Jin Song, Jee Yeon Min, Jeong-Ah Kim, Ju Hyun Park, Jae Hyug Yang, Moon Young Kim, Jin Hoon Chung, Jeong Yeon Cho, Kwang Gi Kim Source Type: journals
In this issue
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - April 12, 2007 Tags: In this issue Source Type: journals
The Jerusalem Perinatal Study cohort, 1964–2005: methods and a review of the main results
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - April 11, 2007 Tags: Study design Source Type: journals
Preterm delivery and exposure to active and passive smoking during pregnancy: a case–control study from Italy
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - April 11, 2007 Tags: Maternal smoking Source Type: journals
A multivitamin supplementation and education intervention as an effective means of increasing multivitamin use among postpartum women of Mexican origin
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - April 11, 2007 Tags: Intervention study Source Type: journals
High familial risks for cerebral palsy implicate partial heritable aetiology
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - April 11, 2007 Tags: Cerebral palsy Source Type: journals
Maternal employment and breast-feeding initiation: findings from the Millennium Cohort Study