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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

1 Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA 2 Computational Genetics, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA 3 Division of Infectious ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Neonatal Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK Background: Little is known about exposure of preterm infants to excipients during routine clinical ...

Correspondence to Maria Moreno Morales, Centre for Perinatal Neuroscience, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London W12 0HS, UK; m.moreno-morales{at}imperial.ac.uk Data are ...

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 ...