Predicting extubation failure in preterm infants using lung ultrasound: a diagnostic accuracy study ...

Objective To describe the use and nationwide variation of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) following the introduction of the revised national transfusion ...

Most neonates with clinically significant pulmonary hypertension (PH) will have either persistent PH of the newborn (PPHN) or bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Cyanotic congenital heart disease must be ...

1 Department of Neonatology, Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 2 Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital, Ankara, Turkey ...

Dr Hayakawa, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Neonatology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital 4-86, Minaminokawamachi, Ogaki, Gifu-Pref, 503-8502, Japanmasahaya{at}med.nagoya-u.ac.jp AIMS To clarify the ...

Most very preterm infants have difficulty aerating their lungs and require respiratory support at birth. Currently in clinical practice, non-invasive ventilation in the form of continuous positive ...

AIM To compare the effects of early against delayed sodium supplementation on oxygen dependency and body weight, in preterm infants of 25–30 weeks of gestational age. METHODS Infants were stratified ...

Correspondence to Dr B Baxter, Department of Paediatrics, Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend SA6 6NL, UK; brigittebaxter{at}hotmail.co.uk Background The intercristal line (ICL), defined by the ...

Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Westmead, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia Correspondence to: Clinical Professor Isaacs, Department of Immunology and Infectious ...

A general physician with a special interest in nutrition and in children, Sir Robert Hutchison became a leader in medicine and paediatrics in the United Kingdom during the early decades of the 20th ...

Objective To study the organisms causing early and late onset neonatal sepsis, with special reference to multi-drug resistant gram negative bacilli, at two neonatal units (one urban, one rural) in ...

Objective To evaluate the effect of opioid analgesics, compared to placebo, no drug, or other non-opioid analgesics or sedatives, on pain, duration of mechanical ventilation, mortality, growth and ...