Using record linkage we have designed the first complete population e-cohort in the UK: ‘Wales Electronic Cohort for Children’ (WECC) to investigate the broadest possible range of social and ...

Neonatal thrombocytopenia is a common clinical problem. Thrombocytopenia presenting in the first 72 hours of life is usually secondary to placental insufficiency and caused by reduced platelet ...

Transition from neonatal to paediatric intensive care of very preterm-born children: a cohort study of children born between 2013 and 2018 in England and Wales (9 December, 2024) ...

Cerebral injury and retinopathy as risk factors for blindness in extremely preterm infants (27 September, 2024) ...

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 ...

The changing management of haemolytic disease of the newborn is reviewed In the space of most paediatricians working lifetime, the spectrum of haemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) has changed ...

Background Effective lung protective ventilation requires reliable, real-time estimation of lung volume at the bedside. Neonatal clinicians lack a readily available imaging tool for this purpose.

Introduction Neonatal intubation is a challenging skill to acquire. A randomised controlled trial (RCT) found junior trainees had higher intubation success rates if their supervisor shared their ...

Objective To describe clinical pathways for infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and short-term outcomes. Design Retrospective observational cohort study using the UK National Neonatal ...

Hyponatraemia is common in inpatients and this includes newborns in neonatal intensive care units. Surveys from around the world suggest that up to a third of very low birthweight infants are ...

Background Recording of neonatal resuscitation, including video and respiratory parameters, was implemented for research and quality purposes at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the Leiden ...

Objective To determine the diagnostic accuracy of an over-the-counter infant pulse oximeter for cardiorespiratory events. Design Single-centre prospective diagnostic accuracy study. Setting University ...