Background High feed osmolality (or osmolarity) is often suggested to be linked with adverse gastrointestinal events in preterm infants. Aim To systematically review the literature on milk feed ...

1 Neonatal Unit, Rosie Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK 2 Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK ...

Correspondence to Dr Martin Ward Platt, Newcastle Neonatal Service, Ward 35, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK; m.p.ward ...

Aim Children with congenital gastrointestinal malformations may be at risk of neurodevelopmental impairment due to challenges to the developing brain, including perioperative haemodynamic changes, ...

Objective We performed a randomised trial in very preterm, small for gestational age (SGA) babies to determine if prophylaxis with granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) improves ...

AIM To determine how long it takes neonatal blood cultures to become positive. METHODS Data were collected retrospectively on 451 positive blood cultures from babies on a tertiary neonatal unit ...

1 Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2 University Children's Hospital, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Correspondence to Christian P Speer, ...

Correspondence to Professor Sylvie Nguyen The Tich, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Angers University, University Hospital of Angers, bâtiment Robert Debré, 4 rue Larrey, ANGERS, 49000, France; ...

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 ...

Objective To investigate the variation in severe neonatal morbidity among very preterm (VPT) infants across European regions and whether morbidity rates are higher in regions with low compared with ...

AIM To evaluate whether spontaneous skin conductance activity is an objective method for measuring the stress response to painful stimuli in premature infants. The number and amplitude of the waves ...

Magnesium sulfate given to women before birth at <30 weeks’ gestation reduces the risk of cerebral palsy in their children. Our study aimed to assess the impact of a local quality improvement ...