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Does the use of an iodine-containing contrast agent to visualise the PICC tip in preterm babies cause hypothyroidism? A randomised controlled trial

Aim To compare thyroid function tests in preterm neonates (<30 weeks and >48 hour old) exposed to iodine-based contrast with controls and ascertain the certainty of peripherally inserted central ...
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Incidence of neonatal necrotising enterocolitis in high-income countries: a systematic review

Objective To conduct a systematic review of neonatal necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) rates in high-income countries published in peer-reviewed journals. Methods We searched MEDLINE, Embase and PubMed ...
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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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Getting rhythm: how do babies do it?

2 College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK 3 Health and Human Sciences, University of Westminster, London, UK Objectives To investigate the ...
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Identifying neonatal transport research priorities: a modified Delphi consensus

Objectives With increasing advances in neonatal transport, a focused research strategy is required to increase the evidence base towards providing optimal care. We aimed to identify the most important ...
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Does the level of evidence underpinning nice recommendations influence adoption into trust maternity guidelines?

Introduction Maternity care providers are expected to follow National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and other evidence-based guidelines.1 Aims To audit whether level of evidence ...
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Non-viable delivery at 20–23 weeks gestation: observations and signs of life after birth

Objective: To describe the outcome of labour, signs of life at birth, and duration of survival after delivery at 20–23 weeks gestation. Design: An observational study using data from the Confidential ...
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Long term outcome of twin-twin transfusion syndrome

AIMS To compare the perinatal mortality and morbidity of infants with twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) with those of gestation matched twin controls and to assess the neurodevelopmental outcome ...
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Provision of servo-controlled cooling during neonatal transport

1 Neonatal Unit, Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK 2 Scottish Neonatal Transport Service (South East Team), Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health, Royal Infirmary ...
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Systematic review of transpyloric versus gastric tube feeding for preterm infants

Tayside Institute of Child Health, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland, UK Correspondence to: Dr McGuire Tayside Institute of Child Health, Ninewells Hospital and Medical ...
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Umbilical blood flow patterns directly after birth before delayed cord clamping

Correspondence to Dr A B te Pas, Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, J6-S, PO box 9600, Leiden 2300 RC, the Netherlands; a.b.te_pas{at}lumc.nl ...
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Late-onset sepsis and neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 5 among children born very preterm: the EPIPAGE-2 cohort study

1 Université Paris Cité and Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm, INRAE, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Statistics (CRESS), Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Life Course Epidemiology ...