Objective To compare the duration of mechanical ventilation between preterm infants receiving closed-loop automated oxygen control (CLAC) or manual oxygen control. Design Randomised controlled trial.

Objective The first hour after birth is a sensitive period for the mother–newborn dyad and, according to evidence-based routines, should be respected and protected. However, a gap exists between the ...

AIM To define the origin and the natural history of innocent heart murmurs in newborn infants. METHODS Fifty healthy babies born at term with the clinical diagnosis of an innocent heart murmur and 50 ...

Correspondence to Dr Don Sharkey, Academic Child Health, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; don.sharkey{at}nottingham.ac.uk Objective Hypoxic-ischaemic ...

Prophylactic cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors (COX-Is) such as indomethacin, ibuprofen and acetaminophen may prevent morbidity and mortality in extremely preterm infants (born ≤28 weeks’ gestation). However ...

Objective: To describe the outcome of labour, signs of life at birth, and duration of survival after delivery at 20–23 weeks gestation. Design: An observational study using data from the Confidential ...

Infants born before 32 weeks’ postmenstrual age are at a high risk of growth failure. International guidelines have long recommended that they match the growth of an equivalent fetus, despite the ...

Aim The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Neonatal Life Support Task Force undertook a scoping review of the literature to identify evidence relating to neonatal cardiopulmonary ...

7 St George’s University NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Benjamin Cailes, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, St George’s University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London ...

Dr Christopher Wren Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN. AIM To investigate the performance of routine neonatal and 6 week examinations for detecting ...

Division of Neonatal Services, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne 3053, Australia Dr M W Davies, Perinatal Research Centre, The Royal Women's Hospital, Bowen Bridge Road, Herston, Brisbane, QLD 4029, ...

2 Neonatal Unit, Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health, Royal Infirmary, Little France, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Background: The incidence of preterm meconium staining of the amniotic fluid (MSAF) is ...