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 ...

Objectives Identify determinants of neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm children. Methods Prospective national cohort study of children born between 2009 and 2011 at <29 weeks gestational age, ...

1 Division of Neonatology, Intensive Care and Neuropediatrics, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria 2 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, 1st ...

Background Automated oxygen control systems are finding their way into contemporary ventilators for preterm infants, each with its own algorithm, strategy and effect. Objective To provide guidance to ...

1 Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, MRC & Asthma UK Centre in Allergic, Mechanisms of Asthma, King's College London, London, UK 2 Department of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, ...

Objective To determine the change in non-invasive ventilation (NIV) use over time in infants born at <32 weeks’ gestation and the associated clinical outcomes. Study design Retrospective cohort study ...

2 Institute of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy Non-invasive high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (NHFOV) consists of the application of a bias ...

Correspondence to Professor Robert Mark Beattie, Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Southampton Children’s Hospital, University Hospital Southampton, Tremona road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK; ...

Objective We sought to perform a meta-analysis of the predictive value of antenatal ultrasonographic markers of bowel dilation, gastric dilation, polyhydramnios and abdominal circumference that ...

Recent technological advances have made feasible universal newborn hearing screening and therefore early detection of permanent childhood hearing impairment. Over the past three years, new information ...

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 ...

Objective To quantify the risks of mortality, morbidity and postnatal characteristics associated with extreme preterm fetal growth restriction (EP-FGR). Setting Four tertiary perinatal units (UK, ...