Correspondence to Dr Geethanath Ruppa Mohanram, Department of Neonatology, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, SR4 7TP, UK; ruppa.geethanath{at}chsft.nhs.uk ...

Objective To examine the effect of therapeutic hypothermia on MR biomarkers and neurodevelopmental outcomes in babies with mild hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). Design Non-randomised cohort ...

Gregor Mendel, an Augustinian monk and part-time school teacher, undertook a series of brilliant hybridisation experiments with garden peas between 1857 and 1864 in the monastery gardens and, using ...

Correspondence to Dr Gusztav Belteki, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit , The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK; gusztav.belteki{at}addenbrookes.nhs.uk Objective ...

Objective To quantify admissions to neonatal units in England and Wales with potential need for palliative care. Design, setting and patients Diagnoses and clinical attributes indicating a high ...

OBJECTIVES Primary: to compare sequential and simultaneous breast pumping on volume of milk expressed and its fat content. Secondary: to measure the effect of breast massage on milk volume and fat ...

Alcohol-impregnated port protectors to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection in the neonatal intensive care unit: a quality improvement study ...

Objective To evaluate a quality improvement (QI) programme to increase the use of maternal breast milk (MBM) in preterm infants. Design Interrupted time series analysis. Setting 17 neonatal units in ...

1 Department of Neonatology, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Centre Utrecht, the Netherlands 2 Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital 3 Department of ...

Aims—To determine and compare two urinary indices of renal tubular function,N-acetyl-glucosaminidase (NAG) and β 2-microglobulin (β 2 M), in healthy term neonates and babies with perinatal asphyxia.

AIMS To compare the effects of early and delayed sodium supplementation on body composition and body water compartments during the first two weeks of postnatal life. METHODS Preterm infants of 25–30 ...

1 Department of Neonatology, Rambam Medical Center and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 2 Department of Radiology, Rambam Medical Center and ...