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Separation between mothers and newborns directly after birth: mothers’ experiences of separation – a qualitative analysis from a cohort study

Objective The first hour after birth is a sensitive period for the mother–newborn dyad and, according to evidence-based routines, should be respected and protected. However, a gap exists between the ...
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Optimising growth in very preterm infants: reviewing the evidence

Infants born before 32 weeks’ postmenstrual age are at a high risk of growth failure. International guidelines have long recommended that they match the growth of an equivalent fetus, despite the ...
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Trends in the incidence and management of hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy in the therapeutic hypothermia era: a national population study

Correspondence to Dr Don Sharkey, Academic Child Health, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; don.sharkey{at}nottingham.ac.uk Objective Hypoxic-ischaemic ...
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Neonatal brain injuries in England: population-based incidence derived from routinely recorded clinical data held in the National Neonatal Research Database

Objective In 2015, the Department of Health in England announced an ambition to reduce ‘brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth’. We describe the development of a pragmatic case definition ...
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Newborn infants with bilious vomiting: a national audit of neonatal transport services

Objective The precautionary approach to urgently investigate infants with bilious vomiting has increased the numbers referred to transport teams and tertiary surgical centres. The aim of this national ...
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Chorioamnionitis as a risk factor for bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

1 Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada 2 Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada 3 Department of Epidemiology and ...
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Efficacy and safety of bubble CPAP in neonatal care in low and middle income countries: a systematic review

Introduction Forty per cent of global child deaths occur in the neonatal period. Low and middle income countries need effective and simple methods to improve hospital-based neonatal care. Bubble ...
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Neonatal infections in England: the NeonIN surveillance network

9 Division of Child Health, St George's, University of London, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Stefania Vergnano, Division of Child Health, St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London ...
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Implementation of an adapted Sepsis Risk Calculator algorithm to reduce antibiotic usage in the management of early onset neonatal sepsis: a multicentre initiative in Wales, UK

Correspondence to Dr Sujoy Banerjee, Department of Neonatal Medicine, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, SA2 8QA, UK; sujoy.banerjee{at}wales.nhs.uk Setting Ten perinatal hospitals in Wales, UK. Patients ...
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Aicardi-Goutières syndrome as a rare cause of neonatal intracranial calcifications ...
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Reference range for serum cortisol in well preterm infants

AIM To establish a reference range for serum cortisol concentrations in preterm infants with a gestational age of less than 30 weeks during the first two weeks of life. METHODS Infants were ...