The neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a potentially life threatening illness associated with significant morbidity especially in the neonatal period. A case of NAS due to codeine prescribed for ...

Background In neonatal trials, verbal opt-out consent has been used to reduce burden on families and make recruitment more efficient and representative. It involves information provision through ...

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 ...

Objective Since therapeutic hypothermia became standard care for neonatal hypoxic–ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE), even fewer infants die or have disability at 18-month assessment than in the clinical ...

Objective To evaluate the impact of a change in national guidance on the management of hypoglycaemia on UK term neonatal unit (NNU) admissions, describe perinatal risk factors for hypoglycaemia and ...

Absence or reversal of end diastolic flow (AREDF) in the umbilical artery is associated with poor outcome, and elective premature delivery is common. Feeding these infants is a challenge. They often ...

1 Department of Paediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2 Division of Neonatology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, and Department of Paediatrics, ...

Correspondence to Dr Deborah K VanderVeen, Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Fegan 4, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Deborah.VanderVeen{at}childrens.harvard.edu A ...

Correspondence to Dr Aneurin Young, Department of Neonatal Medicine, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK; a.young{at}soton.ac.uk Objective To use repeated ...

Background Ketones and lactate may contribute towards overall cerebral fuel availability in term infants, yet the availability of such cerebral fuels in very preterm infants is unclear. We undertook a ...

Objectives To assess the comparative effectiveness of different umbilical cord management strategies for preventing intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) in preterm neonates. Design A systematic review ...

Correspondence to Professor Robert Mark Beattie, Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Southampton Children’s Hospital, University Hospital Southampton, Tremona road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK; ...