Most very preterm infants have difficulty aerating their lungs and require respiratory support at birth. Currently in clinical practice, non-invasive ventilation in the form of continuous positive ...

Correspondence to Dr. James L Wynn, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; james.wynn{at}peds.ufl.edu One in 10 newborns will be born ...

Department of Child Health, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Southmead, Bristol Prof Peter M Dunn, Department of Child Health, Southmead Hospital, Southmead ...

A general physician with a special interest in nutrition and in children, Sir Robert Hutchison became a leader in medicine and paediatrics in the United Kingdom during the early decades of the 20th ...

Correspondence to Dr James William Harrison Webbe, Academic Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK; j.webbe{at}imperial.ac.uk Background Neonatal research evaluates many different ...

Background The original bubble continuous positive airway pressure (bCPAP) design has wide-bore tubing and a low-resistance interface. This creates a stable airway pressure that is reflected by the ...

1 Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2 University Children's Hospital, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Correspondence to Christian P Speer, ...

Background High feed osmolality (or osmolarity) is often suggested to be linked with adverse gastrointestinal events in preterm infants. Aim To systematically review the literature on milk feed ...

AIM To identify incidence of school and behaviour problems at age 7 years in children born between 32 and 35 weeks gestation, and investigate perinatal risk factors. METHOD The study population ...

AIM To determine how early diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, using neonatal screening, affects long term clinical outcome. METHODS Fifty seven children with cystic fibrosis born before neonatal screening ...

Dr S A Deshpande Neonatal Unit, Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals NHS Trust, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury SY3 8XQ. Two infants with features of severe β adrenergic blockade, pericardial effusions, and ...

3 Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden 4 Department of Medical Physics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden 5 Department of Pediatric ...