Objective To investigate the efficacy of automated control of inspired oxygen (FiO2) by Predictive Intelligent Control of Oxygenation (PRICO) on the Fabian ventilator in maintaining oxygen saturation ...

Correspondence to Dr Emily A Kieran, Department of Neonatology, The National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin 2, Ireland; emilykieran{at}gmail.com Objective Incorrectly positioned umbilical ...

Objective To compare rectal and axillary temperatures in preterm newborns on admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Design Secondary analysis of data collected in a randomised ...

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 ...

Objective Despite lack of evidence supporting efficacy, prophylactic fresh frozen plasma and Octaplas transfusions may be administered to very preterm infants to reduce bleeding risk. International ...

Objective: To determine the accuracy of three tests used to predict successful extubation of preterm infants. Results: Fifty infants were studied and extubated. Eleven (22%) were reintubated. The SBT ...

Objectives Standardised reporting of outcomes in neonatal palliative and/or end-of-life care would facilitate comparison of practice and lead to more informed decisions about practice. We ...

Dr P N A Adiotomre, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Walsgrave Maternity Hospital, Walsgrave, Coventry CV2 2DX. Sixty babies, delivered over a six and a half year period, who had absent end diastolic ...

a Department of Neonatal Medicine, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK, b Department of Pathology Dr Morgan, Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 ...

a Department of Neonatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Tsukiji Maternity Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, b Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Dr Bai-Horng Su, Division ...

Objective Fetomaternal transfusion (FMT) is associated with increased perinatal mortality and morbidity, but data on postnatal outcomes are scarce. Our aim was to determine the incidence of adverse ...

Intraventricular haemorrhage and posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation remain an important challenge in the management of prematurity and are associated with significant permanent morbidity.