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 ...

Objective Assess the relationship between applied face mask force and leak during simulated ventilation using different ventilating devices and mask holds. Design Randomised cross-over simulation ...

Objective Assess the feasibility and safety of a purpose-built automated tactile stimulation device (ATSD) responding to cardiorespiratory events in preterm infants. Design Randomised cross-over study ...

Objective To investigate any possible effect of cooling on seizure burden, the authors quantified the recorded electrographic seizure burden based on multichannel video-EEG recordings in term neonates ...

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Design Single-centre prospective diagnostic accuracy study. Setting University of Alabama at Birmingham. Patients Infants weighing ≥1500 g, <44 weeks’ postmenstrual age (PMA) and off ...

Objective To investigate the effect of gestational age on special education use at primary school age, and to examine specific groups with elevated risk. Main outcome measures Use of special education ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Floris Groenendaal, Department of Neonatology, Room number KE.04.123.1, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Lundlaan 6, 3584 EA Utrecht, The ...

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 ...

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 ...