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A randomised controlled trial to compare methods of milk expression after preterm delivery
OBJECTIVES Primary: to compare sequential and simultaneous breast pumping on volume of milk expressed and its fat content. Secondary: to measure the effect of breast massage on milk volume and fat ...
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Cytomegalovirus DNA detection on Guthrie cards in patients with neonatal cholestasis
AIM To time the onset of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in patients (n=39) with CMV associated neonatal cholestasis by analysing CMV DNA on Guthrie cards sampled at 3 days of age. METHODS CMV ...
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Patent ductus arteriosus: to treat or not to treat?
Persistent patency of the ductus arteriosus in the preterm infant is associated with numerous morbidities, including higher rates of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and increased mortality. These strong ...
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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 ...
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Basal ganglia damage and impaired visual function in the newborn infant
Dr Eugenio Mercuri, Department of Paediatrics, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 OHN. AIM To examine the effects of early lesions in the visual pathway on visual function; and to identify ...
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Umbilical cord milking reduces the need for red cell transfusions and improves neonatal adaptation in infants born at less than 29 weeks’ gestation: a randomised controlled trial
Department of Paediatrics, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Dr S Hosono, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi Itabashi, Tokyo ...
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Updated gestational age specific birth weight, crown-heel length, and head circumference of Chinese newborns
1 Department of Paediatrics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong 2 Centre of Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of ...
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Low superior vena cava flow and intraventricular haemorrhage in preterm infants
OBJECTIVES To document the incidence, timing, degree, and associations of systemic hypoperfusion in the preterm infant and to explore the temporal relation between low systemic blood flow and the ...
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Which to measure, systemic or organ blood flow? Middle cerebral artery and superior vena cava flow in very preterm infants
1 Department of Neonatal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 Department of Neonatal Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital and University ...
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Infants in a neonatal intensive care unit: parental response
1 Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, PO Box 4345, Christchurch, New Zealand 2 Department of Pediatrics, Christchurch School of Medicine and ...
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Epidemiology of UK neonatal infections: the neonIN infection surveillance network
Correspondence to Dr Benjamin Cailes, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group and Vaccine Institute, St George’s University of London, London, SW11 0RU, UK; bcailes{at}sgul.ac.uk Objective To ...