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Video laryngoscopy-assisted less-invasive surfactant administration quality improvement initiative

Correspondence to Dr Dalibor Kurepa, Division of Neonatology, Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY 11042, USA; dkurepa{at}northwell.edu Objective To describe the use of quality ...
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Laryngeal mask airway versus face mask ventilation or intubation for neonatal resuscitation in low-and-middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective To assess whether laryngeal mask airway (LMA) as compared with face mask (FM) or endotracheal intubation (ETT) is more effective in delivering positive pressure ventilation (PPV) during ...
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Predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes in fetuses with isolated mild ventriculomegaly

Background Fetal ventriculomegaly is the the most common intracranial abnormality detected antenatally. When ventriculomegaly is mild and the only, isolated, abnormality detected (isolated mild ...
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Implementation of an adapted Sepsis Risk Calculator algorithm to reduce antibiotic usage in the management of early onset neonatal sepsis: a multicentre initiative in Wales, UK

Correspondence to Dr Sujoy Banerjee, Department of Neonatal Medicine, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, SA2 8QA, UK; sujoy.banerjee{at}wales.nhs.uk Setting Ten perinatal hospitals in Wales, UK. Patients ...
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Vitamin D status of early preterm infants and the effects of vitamin D intake during hospital stay

1 Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 2 Center for Perinatal Research and Ohio Perinatal ...
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Oral versus intravenous ibuprofen for patent ductus arteriosus closure: a randomised controlled trial in extremely low birthweight infants

Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of oral versus intravenous ibuprofen for the pharmacological closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in less mature preterm infants. Design Prospective, ...
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The effects of noise on preterm infants in the NICU

1 Department of Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2 Department of Pediatrics, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, ...
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Preliminary evaluation of a new technique of minimally invasive surfactant therapy

Objective To investigate a method of minimally invasive surfactant therapy (MIST) to be used in spontaneously breathing preterm infants on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), evaluating the ...
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Visual assessment of jaundice in term and late preterm infants

Division of General Pediatrics and the Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Objective: To determine the accuracy of ...
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Supplementation of a bovine milk formula with an oligosaccharide mixture increases counts of faecal bifidobacteria in preterm infants

Background: The establishment of a balanced intestinal microflora which may protect against infection is desirable for the preterm infant. Objective: To investigate the effect of a preterm formula ...
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Development and initial validation of the EDIN scale, a new tool for assessing prolonged pain in preterm infants

OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a scale suitable for use in clinical practice as a tool for assessing prolonged pain in premature infants. METHODS Pain indicators identified by observation of ...