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Parents of babies who participated in an invasive clinical study report a positive experience: the Glucose in Well Babies (GLOW) study

Correspondence to Dr Deborah L Harris, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Practice, Faculty of Health, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6242, New Zealand; Deborah.Harris{at}vuw.ac.nz ...
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A randomised, controlled trial of heparin in total parenteral nutrition to prevent sepsis associated with neonatal long lines: the Heparin in Long Line Total Parenteral ...

Background Infections are common complications of neonatal long lines. Heparin has been shown to prolong the effective duration of neonatal long lines and to reduce the ability of bacteria to adhere ...
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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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Conservative treatment for patent ductus arteriosus in the preterm

Correspondence to: Dr Claire Theyskens Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Campus Sint-Jan, Schiepse Bos 6, B-3600 Genk, Belgium; claire.theyskens{at}zol.be Background: A patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is common ...
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A randomised controlled trial to compare methods of milk expression after preterm delivery

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 ...
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Presentation of congenital heart disease in infancy: implications for routine examination

Dr Christopher Wren Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN. AIM To investigate the performance of routine neonatal and 6 week examinations for detecting ...
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Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) and reproductive anatomy

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Asymmetry of fetal cerebral hemispheres: in utero ultrasound study

BACKGROUND Slight morphological asymmetry of the cerebral hemispheres has been observed in fetal and newborn brains. In adults, sex differences in hemispheric asymmetry have also been reported.
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Omphalocele: from diagnosis to growth and development at 2 years of age

Correspondence to Dr Hanneke IJsselstijn, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC–Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam 3015 GJ, The Netherlands; h.ijsselstijn{at}erasmusmc.nl Objectives To ...
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Predictive Intelligent Control of Oxygenation (PRICO) in preterm infants on high flow nasal cannula support: a randomised cross-over study

Objective To investigate the efficacy of automated control of inspired oxygen (FiO2) by Predictive Intelligent Control of Oxygenation (PRICO) on the Fabian ventilator in maintaining oxygen saturation ...
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Treatment thresholds for intervention in posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilation: a randomised controlled trial

Correspondence to Dr Linda S de Vries, Department of Neonatology and Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands; ...
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NeoBeat offers rapid newborn heart rate assessment

Correspondence to Dr. Jessica Brittany Bush, Pediatrics, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA; jeb9245{at}nyp.org Background Heart rate (HR) is used to guide ...