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Predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes in fetuses with isolated mild ventriculomegaly

Background Fetal ventriculomegaly is the the most common intracranial abnormality detected antenatally. When ventriculomegaly is mild and the only, isolated, abnormality detected (isolated mild ...
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Unlicensed and off label drug use in neonates

AIM To determine the extent of use of drugs that are either not licensed (unlicensed), or are outside the terms of their product licence (off label) in a neonatal intensive care unit. METHODS A ...
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Reference ranges for the linear dimensions of the intracranial ventricles in preterm neonates

Division of Neonatal Services, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne 3053, Australia Dr M W Davies, Perinatal Research Centre, The Royal Women's Hospital, Bowen Bridge Road, Herston, Brisbane, QLD 4029, ...
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Louise Bourgeois (1563–1636): royal midwife of France

Louise Bourgeois was the first practicing midwife to write of her experience of childbirth and of women’s problems. She did much to enhance the respect in which her craft was held. For 26 years she ...
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Extravasation injuries on regional neonatal units

Neonatal Medical Unit, St Mary’s Hospital, Whitworth Park, Manchester M13 0JH, UK Correspondence to: Dr Wilkins Neonatal Medical Unit, St Mary’s Hospital, Whitworth Park, Manchester M13 0JH, UK; clare ...
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Effect of different feeding approaches on growth, neonatal morbidities, mortality and neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm infants: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

7 Faculty of Medicine Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-sheikh, Egypt 8 Zagazig University Faculty of Human Medicine, Zagazig, Egypt 9 Faculty of Medicine Kutahya Health Science University, Kutahya, ...
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Adolphe Pinard (1844–1934) of Paris and intrauterine paediatric care

Pinard was a pioneer of modern perinatal care. His provision of social care to deprived pregnant women progressed to a recognition of the value of medical care of mother and baby before as well as ...
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An automatic incision device for obtaining blood samples from the heels of preterm infants causes less damage than a conventional manual lancet

Ms Vertanen, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, PO Box 281, FIN-00029 HUS, Finland email: helena.vertanen{at}hus.fi OBJECTIVES To evaluate in a randomised blind ...
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High-frequency oscillatory ventilation during physiological-based cord clamping attenuates inflammation in preterm lambs

Background Adequate lung aeration at birth is essential for a successful transition to extrauterine life. Premature infants are especially vulnerable to injury caused by mechanical ventilation, ...
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Parental experiences of decision-making in the grey zones of neonatal intensive care: a multicentre mixed methodology phenomenological study

Objective Decision-making in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is complex. In grey zones (where there are multiple morally acceptable pathways), families and clinicians may disagree about the ...
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Non-invasive prenatal testing of pregnancies at risk for phenylketonuria

Correspondence to Dr David S Cram, Berry Genomics Corporation, Beijing 100015, China; david.cram{at}berrygenomics.com and Prof. Xiangdong Kong, Genetics and Prenatal Diagnosis Center, the First ...