A term female infant was born weighing 3.4 kg after uneventful antenatal care. There was no significant family medical history of note. Evident at birth were a series of erythematous nodular lesions ...

Newborn infants must undergo complex physiological changes when transitioning from fetal to extrauterine life, including rapid lung aeration, fluid clearance and major haemodynamic shifts. Although ...

AIM To establish a reference range for serum cortisol concentrations in preterm infants with a gestational age of less than 30 weeks during the first two weeks of life. METHODS Infants were ...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether pre-eclampsia, hypothesised to be an inflammatory condition, is associated with fever in term labour, and confirm and examine the reported association of pre-eclampsia ...

This review discusses an approach to determining the cause of neonatal encephalopathy, as well as current evidence on resuscitation and subsequent management of hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE).

Objective To explore the presentation and management of congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) identified through routine clinical investigations, and ascertain outcome in early childhood. Design Active ...

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

Objectives: To determine if enteral feeding with donor human milk compared with formula milk reduces the incidence of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm or low birthweight infants. Methods: ...

Objective To measure the left and right ventricular myocardial velocities using tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) in the first 24 h of life in neonates. Design Left and right ventricular peak systolic (S′) ...

Neonatal paracetamol poisoning is rare and usually the result of maternal poisoning before birth.1 We report the case of a neonate who received a high dose of propacetamol chlorhydrate by ...

Objectives: The effect of delayed analysis on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) white blood cell (WBC) count and glucose has never been studied in neonates. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Level ...

AIMS To establish normal ranges, in preterm infants < 33 weeks' gestation, for measurements of the lateral, third, and fourth ventricles and to assess intra-observer and inter-observer reliability. To ...