Background The British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM) published a revised framework for perinatal management of extremely preterm infants (EPIs) in 2019. We aimed to assess UK neonatal ...

A case of neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) secondary to human platelet antigen (HPA)-1a antibodies is reported. Additional multispecific HLA antibodies rendered volunteer donor platelet ...

Background: Infants with cardiovascular malformations are usually asymptomatic at birth. Earlier diagnosis is likely to improve outcome. Objective: To examine trends in the diagnosis of potentially ...

Background: Previous data from this unit suggest that postnatal growth retardation (PGR) is inevitable in preterm infants. However, the study was performed in a single level III neonatal intensive ...

Objective To compare in two epochs of differing phosphate provision serum calcium, phosphate, potassium, and sodium concentrations and the frequency of abnormality of these electrolytes and of sepsis ...

O Baud Correspondence to: Dr Baud Service de Néonatologie et Laboratoire de Neurobiologie du Développement, INSERM E9935, Hôpital Robert Debré, 48 bd sérurier, 75019 Paris, France; ...

Objective To define the susceptibilities of the common causative pathogens of neonatal sepsis in the UK. Design Retrospective analysis of the prospectively collected neonIN infection surveillance ...

The prevalence of congenital and infantile hydrocephalus is between 0.48 and 0.81 per 1000 births (live and still), 1 2 and a significant percentage of these patients will be left with persistent ...

Objective To evaluate incidence of minimally invasive surfactant therapy (MIST) failure, identify risk factors and assess the impact of MIST failure on neonatal outcome. Design Retrospective cohort ...

OBJECTIVES To compare outcomes of care in selected neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) for very low birthweight (VLBW) or preterm infants in Scotland and Australia (study 1) and perinatal care for ...

Consent to autopsy is one area of practice that has recently come under public scrutiny with revelations of children's organs and tissue being retained without parental agreement. 1-3 Although high ...

Aim: To ascertain the present management of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in neonatal units in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. Methods: Postal questionnaire to 235 neonatal units, with ...