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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

AIMS To determine if T or Tk antigen activation is associated with different and more severe manifestations of illness in infants with necrotising enterocolitis (NEC); and if a policy of testing ...

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 ...

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 ...