Background Outcomes of prenatal covariate-adjusted outborn very-low-birth-weight infants (VLBWIs) (≤1500 g) remain uncertain. Objective To compare morbidity and mortality between outborn and inborn ...

1 Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2 University Children's Hospital, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Correspondence to Christian P Speer, ...

1 International Perinatal Care Unit, Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK Neonatal infections currently cause about 1.6 ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Gusztav Belteki, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit , The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK; gusztav.belteki{at}addenbrookes.nhs.uk Objective ...

a Department of Child Health, University of Liverpool, b Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool Women’s Hospital Dr N V Subhedar, Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool Women’s ...

Furosemide is a commonly used loop diuretic in neonatal intensive care. The common indications for the use of diuretics in neonates are fluid retention with adequate circulating blood volume, ...

Dr Marina Cuttini Unit of Epidemiology Burlo Garofolo Children’s Hospital via dell’Istria 65/1 34137 Trieste Italy. Email:cuttini{at}burlo.trieste.it AIM To compare neonatal intensive care unit ...

Correspondence to Associate Professor Jane M Alsweiler, Department of Paediatrics: Child & Youth Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand; j.alsweiler{at}auckland.ac.nz ...

Objective: To determine the effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure on birth outcomes. Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed in accordance with MOOSE guidelines.

Background: Vasomotor nephropathy is a common renal dysfunction in very preterm neonates. Objective: To determine whether theophylline could prevent vasomotor nephropathy in very preterm infants with ...

Objectives To describe the range of practices employed by units conducting deferred cord clamping at very preterm birth. Design Qualitative study using semistructured interviews with neonatal doctors, ...