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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Early hypophosphataemia and refeeding syndrome in extremely low birthweight babies and outcomes to 2 years of age: secondary cohort analysis from the ProVIDe trial ...

Correspondence to Dr Outi Aikio, Department of Children and Adolecents, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland; outi.aikio{at}ppshp.fi Objective To evaluate the long-term adverse reactions of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Correspondence to Dr Rangmar Goelz, University Children's Hospital Tuebingen, Department of Neonatology, Calwerstrasse 7, Tuebingen D-72076, Germany; Rangmar.Goelz{at}med.uni-tuebingen.de Infantile ...

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

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 ...