Sick and preterm infants are at high risk of sub-optimal physical and psychological development. Current research highlights the pivotal role that parents could play in minimizing early risk factors ...

Introduction Care of the baby, mother and family around the time of an extremely preterm birth is one of the most challenging aspects of perinatal medicine, both for clinicians and families. In 2006, ...

Objective Adequate data on fentanyl pharmacokinetics in neonates are lacking. The study was performed to compare serum concentrations and clinical outcome between continuous infusion (CI) and ...

Healthcare decisions should be based on all relevant evidence.1 Usually, this is provided by randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing two or more interventions for a condition affecting a target ...

On the fifth day of life, a 26-week male infant developed progressive abdominal and scrotal distension. Whitish discoloration of the scrotal skin raised suspicion of extravasation of lipid-containing ...

METHODS Infants were randomised, stratified according to sex and gestation, to receive a sodium intake of 4 mmol/kg/day starting either from 24 hours after birth or when a weight loss of 6% of birth ...

METHODS Twelve neonates with pulmonary failure were studied. They ranged in gestational age from 24 to 37 (median 27) weeks and were 1–39 (median 4) days old. Shunt and reduced V A /Q were derived ...

Tina Perme, Lilijana Kornhauser Cerar, Bernhard Schwaberger, Berndt Urlesberger, Christina Helene Wolfsberger, Nariae Baik, Katharina Goeral, Marlene Hammerl, Eugene M Dempsey, Laila Springer, ...

The likelihood of newborns acquiring severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from infected mothers has raised concerns among families and clinicians worldwide. Published case ...

Objective Children treated for sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) may experience functional sequelae later in life. It is not known whether SCT and associated problems affect the patient's general quality ...

BACKGROUND Monozygotic twins are at greater risk of dying and of serious morbidity than dizygotic twins, and both are at greater risk than singletons. This is only partly explained by the higher ...

Objective The clinical impact of ventilation corrective steps for delivery room positive pressure ventilation (PPV) is not well studied. We aimed to characterise the performance and effect of ...