Objective The objective is to evaluate changes in survival to discharge of liveborn infants less than 32 weeks’ gestational age (GA) in France, where the latest available data on very preterm survival ...

Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China Correspondence to: Dr Ho Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pamela ...

Necrotising enterocolitis is a serious disorder in preterm infants with a mortality of up to 60%. Therefore, early and precise diagnosis and rapid initiation of proper treatment are essential.

3 Department of Neonatology, Hubei Provincial Women and Children's Hospital, Wuhan, China 4 Department of Neonatology and Obstetrics, Huai'an Women and Children's Hospital, Huai'an, Jiangsu, China ...

Objective: To investigate the spectrum of organisms causing neonatal sepsis in Peshawar, Pakistan and to assess their sensitivity to various groups of drugs. Methods: Blood taken from newborn babies ...

Randomised clinical trials show that two injections of corticosteroid into the mother before preterm delivery reduce respiratory distress syndrome, neonatal mortality, and intraventricular haemorrhage ...

Background and hypothesis Prolonged electroencephalographic (EEG) discontinuity has been associated with poor neurodevelopmental outcomes after perinatal asphyxia but its predictive value in the era ...

OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a scale suitable for use in clinical practice as a tool for assessing prolonged pain in premature infants. METHODS Pain indicators identified by observation of ...

2 Department of Neonatology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 3 Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 4 ...

3 Center for Pediatric Clinical Studies, University Children's Hospital of Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany Correspondence to Dr Laila Lorenz, Department of Neonatology, University ...

Objective: To compare the perinatal characteristics, neonatal morbidity and mortality of preterm singletons, twins and triplets born at 22–31 weeks’ gestation and admitted to neonatal intensive care ...

Background Defecation problems occur frequently in infants. A clearer insight into the normal defecation pattern is required to gain a better understanding of abnormal defecation. Aim To describe the ...