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Continuous glucose monitoring in the neonatal intensive care unit: not quite ready for ‘plug and play’
Correspondence to Paul Joseph Rozance, Department of Pediatrics, Perinatal Research Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Paul.Rozance{at}ucdenver.edu In the very ...
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Parental visiting, communication, and participation in ethical decisions: a comparison of neonatal unit policies in Europe
Dr Marina Cuttini Unit of Epidemiology Burlo Garofolo Children’s Hospital via dell’Istria 65/1 34137 Trieste Italy. Email:cuttini{at}burlo.trieste.it AIM To compare neonatal intensive care unit ...
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Potential risk factors for the development of acute renal failure in preterm newborn infants: a case-control study
3 Pediatric Division, Section of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, A Di Summa Hospital, Brindisi, Italy 4 Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Medicine, Section of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, ...
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Non-invasive measurement of reduced ventilation:perfusion ratio and shunt in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a physiological definition of the disease
Correspondence to: B J Stenson Neonatal Unit, Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SU, UK; ben.stenson{at}luht.scot.nhs.uk Aims: To describe the ...
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A randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial of the effect of theophylline in prevention of vasomotor nephropathy in very preterm neonates with respiratory distress ...
Background: Vasomotor nephropathy is a common renal dysfunction in very preterm neonates. Objective: To determine whether theophylline could prevent vasomotor nephropathy in very preterm infants with ...
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Opioids for neonates receiving mechanical ventilation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective To evaluate the effect of opioid analgesics, compared to placebo, no drug, or other non-opioid analgesics or sedatives, on pain, duration of mechanical ventilation, mortality, growth and ...
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Barriers to deferred cord clamping in preterm infants
Objectives To describe the range of practices employed by units conducting deferred cord clamping at very preterm birth. Design Qualitative study using semistructured interviews with neonatal doctors, ...
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A randomised controlled trial to compare methods of milk expression after preterm delivery
OBJECTIVES Primary: to compare sequential and simultaneous breast pumping on volume of milk expressed and its fat content. Secondary: to measure the effect of breast massage on milk volume and fat ...
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Donor breast milk versus infant formula for preterm infants: systematic review and meta-analysis
Correspondence to: Maria Quigley National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK; maria.quigley{at}npeu.ox.ac.uk Objectives: To compare the ...
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EUROCAT: 25 years of European surveillance of congenital anomalies
The surveillance of congenital anomalies serves two main purposes: to facilitate the identification of teratogenic (malformation causing) exposures and to assess the impact of primary prevention and ...
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Pulmonary artery pressure: early predictor of chronic lung disease in preterm infants
a Department of Child Health, University of Liverpool, b Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool Women’s Hospital Dr N V Subhedar, Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool Women’s ...
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The PREM score: a graphical tool for predicting survival in very preterm births
Objective: To develop a tool for predicting survival to term in babies born more than 8 weeks early using only information available at or before birth. Design: 1456 non-malformed very preterm babies ...