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 ...

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).

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

William Buchan was born in Ancram in Roxburghshire in 1729 where his father had a small estate.1 Even during his school days he acted as amateur doctor to the village. In about 1749, he went to ...

Objective To evaluate the implementation of switch from intravenous-to-oral antibiotic therapy with amoxicillin in neonates with early-onset infection (EOI). Design, setting and patients A ...

Donor human milk (DHM) is currently used in neonatal units (NNUs) for feeding preterm infants when own mother's milk is not available or insufficient. In 2014, the latest Cochrane review1 showed that ...

Background Early-onset neonatal sepsis (EOS) is a serious and potentially life-threatening disease in newborns. C reactive protein (CRP) is the most used laboratory biomarker for the detection of EOS.

Objective Assess the feasibility and safety of a purpose-built automated tactile stimulation device (ATSD) responding to cardiorespiratory events in preterm infants. Design Randomised cross-over study ...

Objective To establish normative ranges for fetal brain volume (FBV) and investigate its relationship with gestational age, using MRI to improve the understanding of fetal brain development. Design A ...