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Volume-targeted ventilation is more suitable than pressure-limited ventilation for preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis

1 Department of Pediatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, P.R. China 2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, ...
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Switch from intravenous-to-oral antibiotics in neonatal probable and proven early-onset infection: a prospective population-based real-life multicentre cohort study

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 ...
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Timing and dosage of intrapartum prophylactic penicillin for preventing early-onset group B streptococcal disease: assessing maternal and umbilical cord blood concentration

Objective Timing of administration of antibiotics and concentrations in maternal blood and the umbilical cord blood are important prerequisites for optimal intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) of ...
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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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Current Issue

Correction: Neurodevelopmental outcome at 5.5 years in Dutch preterm infants born at 24-26 weeks' gestational age: the EPI-DAF study ...
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Thomas Malthus (1766–1834): population growth and birth control

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Umbilical cord management strategies and risk of intraventricular haemorrhage in preterm neonates: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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

Fetal Medicine Research Unit, University of Bristol, Department of Obstetrics, St Michael’s Hospital, Bristol BS2 8EG Professor Peter Soothill. If you wish to reuse ...
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Early hypophosphataemia and refeeding syndrome in extremely low birthweight babies and outcomes to 2 years of age: secondary cohort analysis from the ProVIDe trial

Objective To investigate in extremely low birthweight (ELBW; <1000 g) babies the associations between refeeding syndrome (serum phosphate <1.4 mmol·L-1 and serum total calcium>2.8 mmol·L-1) and ...
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What’s new in the management of neonatal early-onset sepsis?

Correspondence to Dr Richard A Polin, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA; rap32{at}columbia.edu The expert guidelines highlighted in this review ...
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Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy lactate/N-acetylaspartate within 2 weeks of birth accurately predicts 2-year motor, cognitive and language outcomes in neonatal ...

Correspondence to Professor Nicola J Robertson, Institute for Women’s Health, University College London, London WC1E 6HX, UK; n.robertson{at}ucl.ac.uk Subjects and methods 55 (16 inborn, 39 outborn) ...
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Early postnatal respiratory dynamics in term and late preterm infants with respiratory distress

Rationale Information on lung volume characteristics in infants with clinical signs of respiratory distress immediately after birth is limited. Objectives To assess changes in respiratory dynamics and ...