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Improving the safety profile of the Neopuff with an external flow restrictorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Ryan, C A, Hawkes, C P, Dempsey, E M Tags: PostScript Source Type: journals

Potential hazard of the Neopuff T-piece resuscitator in the absence of flow limitationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Ryan, C A, Hawkes, C P, Oni, O A, Dempsey, E M Tags: PostScript Source Type: journals

Potential hazards of the Neopuff: using appropriate gas flowEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Morley, C J, Schmolzer, G M, Davis, P G Tags: PostScript Source Type: journals

Incidence and treatment of severe retinopathy of prematurityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Todd, D A, Smith, J Tags: PostScript Source Type: journals

Sildenafil use in congenital diaphragmatic herniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Hunter, L, Richens, T, Davis, C, Walker, G, Simpson, J H Tags: PostScript Source Type: journals

Cardiac troponin I at birth is of fetal-neonatal originEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Increased cTnI concentrations detected in asphyxiated neonates are of neonatal origin and are not derived from the mother. In asphyxiated neonates, there may be predisposing factors that could cause earlier switching from skeletal TnI to cTnI in the myocardium. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Trevisanuto, D, Doglioni, N, Altinier, S, Zaninotto, M, Plebani, M, Zanardo, V Tags: Trauma, Injury Original articles Source Type: journals

Potential hazard of the Neopuff T-piece resuscitator in the absence of flow limitationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The maximum pressure relief valve is overridden by increasing the rate of gas flow and potentially harmful PIP and PEEP can be generated. Even in the presence of a 50% gas leak, more than adequate pressures can be provided at 10 l/min gas flow. We recommend the limitation of gas flow to a rate of 10 l/min as an added safety mechanism for this device. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Hawkes, C P, Oni, O A, Dempsey, E M, Ryan, C A Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

Vitamin K deficiency bleeding in cholestatic infants with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiencyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The risk of VKD bleeding in breastfed infants with A1AD was high and did not correlate with serum level of conjugated bilirubin at diagnosis. A similar absolute risk was previously reported in breastfed infants with biliary atresia under the same prophylactic regimen. This confirms that—without adequate prophylaxis—the risk of VKD bleeding is uniformly high in exclusively breastfed infants with cholestatic jaundice, irrespective of underlying aetiology. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: van Hasselt, P M, Kok, K, Vorselaars, A D M, van Vlerken, L, Nieuwenhuys, E, de Koning, T J, de Vries, R A, Houwen, R H J Tags: Pancreas and biliary tract, Childhood nutrition, Malnutrition, Reproductive medicine, Infant nutrition (including breastfeeding), Rheumatology Original articles Source Type: journals

Epidemiology of biliary atresia in England and Wales (1999-2006)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: There is a remarkable variation of incidence of biliary atresia within England and Wales, some of which may have been caused by factors related to a different aetiological and racial background. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Livesey, E, Borja, M C., Sharif, K, Alizai, N, McClean, P, Kelly, D, Hadzic, N, Davenport, M Tags: Pancreas and biliary tract Original articles Source Type: journals

Loss of triglycerides and carotenoids in human milk after processingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Mature human milk can be stored safely in a freezer and heated in a microwave oven without loss of fat or carotenoids. The clinically important loss of fat during tube feeding is probably the most important contributing factor to the decrease in lutein and β-carotene in tube feeding, with only a small role for peroxidation during light-exposure. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Tacken, K J M, Vogelsang, A, van Lingen, R A, Slootstra, J, Dikkeschei, B D, van Zoeren-Grobben, D Tags: Childhood nutrition, Childhood nutrition (paediatrics), Child health, Infant health, Infant nutrition (including breastfeeding), Neonatal and paediatric intensive care, Neonatal health, Physiotherapy, Neonatal intensive care Original articles Source Type: journals

Diagnostic value of subependymal pseudocysts and choroid plexus cysts on neonatal cerebral ultrasound: a meta-analysisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Bilateral multiple subependymal pseudocysts or choroid plexus cysts suggest an underlying disease. Further investigations should be undertaken even if the patient is otherwise normal. Parents of well newborns with a single cyst should be reassured. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Fernandez Alvarez, J R, Amess, P N, Gandhi, R S, Rabe, H Tags: Oncology, Clinical genetics, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Clinical diagnostic tests Original articles Source Type: journals

Atropine, fentanyl and succinylcholine for non-urgent intubations in newbornsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Atropine, fentanyl and succinylcholine before non-urgent intubations in newborns has led to a low number of attempts and good intubation conditions with no adverse events. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Lemyre, B, Cheng, R, Gaboury, I Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

Analgesics, sedatives and neuromuscular blockers as part of end-of-life decisions in Dutch NICUsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Analgesics and sedatives are generally increased after the end-of-life decision to treat pain and suffering and rarely to hasten death. Neuromuscular blockers were administered in 16% of deaths. Medical files provide insufficient documentation of considerations leading to the increase of medication, which hinders (external) review. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Verhagen, A A E, Dorscheidt, J H H M, Engels, B, Hubben, J H, Sauer, P J Tags: Pain (neurology), Neonatal and paediatric intensive care, End of life decisions (palliative care), Pain (palliative care), Pain (anaesthesia), Neonatal intensive care, End of life decisions (ethics) Original articles Source Type: journals

Oral nystatin prophylaxis and neonatal fungal infectionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The incidence of neonatal fungal infection was low in Australia and New Zealand, even without antifungal prophylaxis. Antifungal prophylaxis with oral nystatin was associated with a significantly lower incidence of fungal infection compared with no prophylaxis. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Howell, A, Isaacs, D, Halliday, R, Infections, T. A. S. G. f. N. Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Drugs: infectious diseases Original articles Source Type: journals

Severe bilateral intracranial haemorrhage due to alloimmune thrombozytopenia in a premature infantEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Wilke, M, Muller-Hansen, I, Wernet, D, Nagele, T, Poets, C F Tags: Journalology, Child health, Infant health, Neonatal health, Radiology, Mechanical ventilation, Clinical diagnostic tests, Radiology (diagnostics), Screening (epidemiology), Competing interests (ethics), Screening (public health) Images in neonatal medic Source Type: journals

Socioeconomic inequalities in neonatal intensive care admission ratesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Measures to alleviate deprivation and to improve the preterm birth and IUGR rates in deprived groups would have the greatest potential to reduce inequality in need for NIC admission. Efforts to achieve targets for reduction in infant mortality need to take account of the different effects of socioeconomic inequalities for different conditions and groups of infants. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Jenkins, J, McCall, E, Gardner, E, Casson, K, Dolk, H Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Pregnancy, Child health, Neonatal and paediatric intensive care, Neonatal health, Neonatal intensive care Original articles Source Type: journals

Neonatal outcomes of macrosomic births in diabetic and non-diabetic womenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: All macrosomic infants represent a high-risk group, regardless of maternal diabetes status. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Das, S, Irigoyen, M, Patterson, M B, Salvador, A, Schutzman, D L Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Child health, Trauma, Diabetes, Injury Original articles Source Type: journals

Moderately preterm infants and determinants of length of hospital stayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Perinatal risk factors have small overall impact on length of hospital stay in moderately preterm infants. Organisation of care is probably an important factor. The number of bed-days differs significantly between centres, which may have effects on quality of care and health economy. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Altman, M, Vanpee, M, Cnattingius, S, Norman, M Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Childhood nutrition, Reproductive medicine, Child health, Infant health, Infant nutrition (including breastfeeding), Neonatal health, Quality improvement, Metabolic disorders Original articles Source Type: journals

Survival rates of extremely preterm infants (gestational ageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The publication of the Swiss guidelines was followed by significantly improved survival of extremely preterm infants but had no impact on centre-to-centre differences. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Fischer, N, Steurer, M A, Adams, M, Berger, T M, for the Swiss Neonatal Network Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Child health, Infant health, Neonatal and paediatric intensive care, Neonatal health, Neonatal intensive care, Research and publication ethics Original articles Source Type: journals

Two-year follow-up of a randomised trial with repeated antenatal betamethasoneEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: A single repeat dose of antenatal BM tended not to influence physical growth or neurodevelopment at 2 years of age. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Peltoniemi, O M, Kari, M A, Lano, A, Yliherva, A, Puosi, R, Lehtonen, L, Tammela, O, Hallman, M, for the Repeat Antenatal Betamethasone (RepeatBM) Follow-Up Study Group Tags: Cerebral palsy, Pregnancy, Reproductive medicine, Child health, Infant health, Neonatal health Original articles Source Type: journals

Flow-cycled versus time-cycled sIPPV in preterm babies with RDS: a breath-to-breath randomised cross-over trialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: FC-sIPPV may safely result in a better patient ventilator synchrony. Inspiratory time usually set in neonatal critical care is higher than that decided by the baby during spontaneous effort. This should be considered when establishing time-cycled ventilation. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: De Luca, D, Conti, G, Piastra, M, Paolillo, P M Tags: Child health, Neonatal and paediatric intensive care, Neonatal health, Neonatal intensive care Original articles Source Type: journals

Limb splinting for intravenous cannulae in neonates: a randomised controlled trialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Joint immobilisation with splint at cannula site did not improve the functional duration of peripheral IV cannula. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Dalal, S S, Chawla, D, Singh, J, Agarwal, R K, Deorari, A K, Paul, V K Tags: Clinical trials (epidemiology), Editor's choice, Immunology (including allergy), Child health, Neonatal and paediatric intensive care, Neonatal health, Radiology, Clinical diagnostic tests Original articles Source Type: journals

Safety of "inert" additives or excipients in paediatric medicinesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Nahata, M. C Tags: Oncology, Drugs: CNS (not psychiatric), Child and adolescent psychiatry (paedatrics), Child health, Infant health, Neonatal health, Medicines regulation, Poisoning, Metabolic disorders, Occupational and environmental medicine Perspectives Source Type: journals

FantomsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Platt, M. W. Tags: Fantoms Source Type: journals

Ultrasound structural fetal anomaly screening: an update [Reviews]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Screening for fetal anomalies by an ultrasound scan was introduced in many maternity units in the UK in the late 1970s and has become routine in most since then although there is little uniformity as to how the scan is performed and when it is offered. Up to 5% of babies are born with a congenital abnormality. In this review article we will focus on what is already known about screening for the commonest and most serious structural fetal anomalies at the 11–14 and 18–23 week scans, and discuss new techniques that promise to improve the accuracy of screening and diagnosis. Chromosomal abnormalities, "soft marker...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Pathak, S, Lees, C Tags: Reviews Source Type: journals

Gastrooesophageal reflux disease in preterm infants: current management and diagnostic dilemmas [Reviews]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Gastrooesophageal reflux disease (GORD) provides a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to many neonatologists. Reflux of gastric contents is common in preterm infants but usually not pathological. GORD is frequently diagnosed despite the lack of a fully identified clinical syndrome and of a truly valid diagnostic test. Treatment modalities, for which there is little convincing evidence regarding efficacy, are commonly instigated for troublesome symptoms attributed to GORD. Diagnosis is so problematic in preterm infants that GORD is starting to be described as the clinical syndrome that responds to anti-reflux treatment. W...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Birch, J L, Newell, S J Tags: Reviews Source Type: journals

Who is blaming the baby? [Short reports]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sudden unexplained collapse within the first 12 h of life is a rare but recognised event. Over a 2-year period, five infants, previously assessed as healthy, were found collapsed in our maternity unit in the care of their primiparous mothers. Two were found prone on their mother’s chest, and two were in their mother’s bed. The outcomes were poor, with four neonatal deaths and one death at 18 months. The rate of sudden unexplained neonatal collapse was 0.4 per 1000 live births. No cause for collapse was identified despite extensive investigations, which included postmortem in all the neonatal deaths. One infant,...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Peters, C, Becher, J C, Lyon, A J, Midgley, P C Tags: Short reports Source Type: journals

Neonatal pasteurellosis: a review of reported cases [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Pasteurellosis is a rare bacterial infection in neonates and should be considered in the cases of sepsis with history of exposure to domestic animal in either the patient or the mother. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Nakwan, N, Nakwan, N, Atta, T, Chokephaibulkit, K Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Editor's choice, Drugs: infectious diseases, Meningitis, Infection (neurology) Original articles Source Type: journals

Adiposity in small for gestational age preterm infants assessed at term equivalent age [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Preterm infants, born small for gestational age, appear to be at risk for increased adiposity, which is a risk factor for the development of the metabolic syndrome. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Gianni, M L, Roggero, P, Taroni, F, Liotto, N, Piemontese, P, Mosca, F Tags: Obesity (nutrition), Child health, Infant health, Neonatal health, Health education, Obesity (public health), Health promotion Original articles Source Type: journals

Neonatal mortality and morbidity in extremely preterm small for gestational age infants: a population based study [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Extremely preterm SGA infants had excess neonatal mortality and morbidity in terms of necrotising enterocolitis and chronic lung disease. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Wold, S H W., Sommerfelt, K, Reigstad, H, Ronnestad, A, Medbo, S, Farstad, T, Kaaresen, P I, Stoen, R, Leversen, K T, Irgens, L M, Markestad, T Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Childhood nutrition, Reproductive medicine, Childhood nutrition (paediatrics), Child health, Infant health, Infant nutrition (including breastfeeding), Neonatal health Original articles Source Type: journals

Long term follow-up of very low birthweight infants from a neonatal volume versus pressure mechanical ventilation trial [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The efficacy of VCV in very preterm and low birth babies appears to be maintained on longer term evaluation. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Singh, J, Sinha, S K, Alsop, E, Gupta, S, Mishra, A, Donn, S M Tags: Eye Diseases, Epidemiologic studies, Cerebral palsy, TB and other respiratory infections, Ophthalmology, Child health, Infant health, Neonatal health, Disability, Mechanical ventilation, Ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology Original articles Source Type: journals

In vitro fertilisation and use of ovulation enhancers may both influence childhood height in very low birthweight infants [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: IVF-C and to a lesser extent OA-C prematurely born children are taller than otherwise NC children. After ruling out postnatal and parental causes, we speculate that pre- or early implantation factors might have contributed to the taller stature of IVF-C children. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Makhoul, I R, Tamir, A, Bader, D, Rotschild, A, Weintraub, Z, Yurman, S, Reich, D, Bental, Y, Jammalieh, J, Smolkin, T, Sujov, P, Hochberg, Z Tags: Pregnancy, Reproductive medicine Original articles Source Type: journals

Music for medical indications in the neonatal period: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The heterogeneity in study populations, interventions and outcomes precludes definitive conclusions around efficacy. There is preliminary evidence for some therapeutic benefits of music for specific indications; however, these findings need to be confirmed in methodologically rigorous trials. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Hartling, L, Shaik, M S, Tjosvold, L, Leicht, R, Liang, Y, Kumar, M Tags: Clinical trials (epidemiology), Pain (neurology), Child health, Infant health, Neonatal health, Airway biology Original articles Source Type: journals

Rapid quantitative procalcitonin measurement to diagnose nosocomial infections in newborn infants [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Rapid measurement of PCT could help to rule out nosocomial infection in newborn infants hospitalised in intensive care units. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Jacquot, A, Labaune, J-M, Baum, T-P, Putet, G, Picaud, J-C Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

Very preterm children show impairments across multiple neurodevelopmental domains by age 4 years [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: A substantial proportion of preschool children born very preterm show clinically significant problems in at least one neurodevelopmental domain, with impairment in multiple domains being common. There is a need to monitor preschool development across a range of functional domains and to consider the likely cascading effects of multiple impairments on later development. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Woodward, L J, Moor, S, Hood, K M, Champion, P R, Foster-Cohen, S, Inder, T E, Austin, N C Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Cerebral palsy, Stroke, Pregnancy, Child and adolescent psychiatry (paedatrics), Child health Original articles Source Type: journals

Assist control volume guarantee ventilation during surfactant administration [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: When giving surfactant during AC/VG ventilation, complete obstruction is common. PIPs increased and remain elevated for 30–60 min. The Pmax setting may restrict tidal volume delivery. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Wheeler, K I, Davis, P G, Kamlin, C O F, Morley, C J Tags: Child health, Infant health, Neonatal health Original articles Source Type: journals

Premedication before intubation in UK neonatal units: a decade of change? [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: There has been substantial growth over the last decade in the number of UK neonatal units that provide some premedication for non-emergent newborn intubation, increasing from 37% in 1998 to 93% in 2007. This includes a concomitant increase in the use of paralytic drugs from 22% to 78%. However, the variety of drugs used merits further research. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Kelleher, J, Mallya, P, Wyllie, J Tags: Other anaesthesia Original articles Source Type: journals

Blood pressure and urine output during the first 120 h of life in infants born at less than 29 weeks' gestation related to umbilical cord milking [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Umbilical cord milking may facilitate early stabilisation of both blood pressure and urine output in very low birth weight infants. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Hosono, S, Mugishima, H, Fujita, H, Hosono, A, Okada, T, Takahashi, S, Masaoka, N, Yamamoto, T Tags: Hypertension, Child health, Infant health, Neonatal health Original articles Source Type: journals

Congenital lumbar hernia [Images in neonatal medicine]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Omolokun, O, Woolley, C, Evans, R Tags: Radiology, Clinical diagnostic tests, Radiology (diagnostics), Competing interests (ethics) Images in neonatal medicine Source Type: journals

Range of UK practice regarding thresholds for phototherapy and exchange transfusion in neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: For such a vitally important topic it is disappointing that there is little existing consensus and no national guidance in the UK. Guidelines for England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be available from 2010, when the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence completes its review. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Rennie, J M, Sehgal, A, De, A, Kendall, G S, Cole, T J Tags: Editor's choice, Bilirubin disorders, Child health, Neonatal health, Physiotherapy, Metabolic disorders Original articles Source Type: journals

Visual assessment of jaundice in term and late preterm infants [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Clinicians should not use extent of cephalocaudal jaundice progression to estimate bilirubin levels during the birth hospitalisation, especially in late preterm infants. However, the complete absence of jaundice can be used to predict with very high accuracy which infants will not develop significant hyperbilirubinaemia. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Keren, R, Tremont, K, Luan, X, Cnaan, A Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Bilirubin disorders, Child health, Infant health, Neonatal health, Physiotherapy, Metabolic disorders Original articles Source Type: journals

Neonatal jaundice: in the eye of the beholder? [Perspectives]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Manning, D. Tags: Nursing, Bilirubin disorders, Child health, Infant health, Neonatal health, Physiotherapy, Metabolic disorders Perspectives Source Type: journals

Fantoms [Fantoms]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 21, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Stenson, B. Tags: Fantoms Source Type: journals

[Reviews] Ultrasound structural fetal anomaly screening: an updateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Screening for fetal anomalies by an ultrasound scan was introduced in many maternity units in the UK in the late 1970s and has become routine in most since then although there is little uniformity as to how the scan is performed and when it is offered. Up to 5% of babies are born with a congenital abnormality. In this review article we will focus on what is already known about screening for the commonest and most serious structural fetal anomalies at the 11–14 and 18–23 week scans, and discuss new techniques that promise to improve the accuracy of screening and diagnosis. Chromosomal abnormalities, "soft marker...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 20, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Pathak, S, Lees, C Tags: Reviews Source Type: journals

[Reviews] Gastrooesophageal reflux disease in preterm infants: current management and diagnostic dilemmasEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Gastrooesophageal reflux disease (GORD) provides a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to many neonatologists. Reflux of gastric contents is common in preterm infants but usually not pathological. GORD is frequently diagnosed despite the lack of a fully identified clinical syndrome and of a truly valid diagnostic test. Treatment modalities, for which there is little convincing evidence regarding efficacy, are commonly instigated for troublesome symptoms attributed to GORD. Diagnosis is so problematic in preterm infants that GORD is starting to be described as the clinical syndrome that responds to anti-reflux treatment. W...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 20, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Birch, J L, Newell, S J Tags: Reviews Source Type: journals

[Short reports] Who is blaming the baby?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sudden unexplained collapse within the first 12 h of life is a rare but recognised event. Over a 2-year period, five infants, previously assessed as healthy, were found collapsed in our maternity unit in the care of their primiparous mothers. Two were found prone on their mother’s chest, and two were in their mother’s bed. The outcomes were poor, with four neonatal deaths and one death at 18 months. The rate of sudden unexplained neonatal collapse was 0.4 per 1000 live births. No cause for collapse was identified despite extensive investigations, which included postmortem in all the neonatal deaths. One infant,...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 20, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Peters, C, Becher, J C, Lyon, A J, Midgley, P C Tags: Short reports Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Neonatal pasteurellosis: a review of reported casesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Pasteurellosis is a rare bacterial infection in neonates and should be considered in the cases of sepsis with history of exposure to domestic animal in either the patient or the mother. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 20, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Nakwan, N, Nakwan, N, Atta, T, Chokephaibulkit, K Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Editor's choice, Drugs: infectious diseases, Meningitis, Infection (neurology) Original articles Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Adiposity in small for gestational age preterm infants assessed at term equivalent ageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Preterm infants, born small for gestational age, appear to be at risk for increased adiposity, which is a risk factor for the development of the metabolic syndrome. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 20, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Gianni, M L, Roggero, P, Taroni, F, Liotto, N, Piemontese, P, Mosca, F Tags: Obesity (nutrition), Child health, Infant health, Neonatal health, Health education, Obesity (public health), Health promotion Original articles Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Neonatal mortality and morbidity in extremely preterm small for gestational age infants: a population based studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Extremely preterm SGA infants had excess neonatal mortality and morbidity in terms of necrotising enterocolitis and chronic lung disease. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 20, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Wold, S H W., Sommerfelt, K, Reigstad, H, Ronnestad, A, Medbo, S, Farstad, T, Kaaresen, P I, Stoen, R, Leversen, K T, Irgens, L M, Markestad, T Tags: Epidemiologic studies, Childhood nutrition, Reproductive medicine, Childhood nutrition (paediatrics), Child health, Infant health, Infant nutrition (including breastfeeding), Neonatal health Original articles Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Long term follow-up of very low birthweight infants from a neonatal volume versus pressure mechanical ventilation trialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The efficacy of VCV in very preterm and low birth babies appears to be maintained on longer term evaluation. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition)
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - August 20, 2009 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Singh, J, Sinha, S K, Alsop, E, Gupta, S, Mishra, A, Donn, S M Tags: Eye Diseases, Epidemiologic studies, Cerebral palsy, TB and other respiratory infections, Ophthalmology, Child health, Infant health, Neonatal health, Disability, Mechanical ventilation, Ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology Original articles Source Type: journals