1 Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2 Division of Paediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The ...

As a junior obstetrician in Vienna in 1847, Semmelweis discovered the cause of puerperal fever and introduced a method for its prevention. Although his findings were hailed by some as comparable to ...

Background Retained placenta is a complication of the third stage of labour that is associated with increased rates of post-partum haemorrhage. Previous research identified risk factors related to ...

Neonatal skin antisepsis with alcohol-based compared to aqueous 2% chlorhexidine, used in moderate preterm infants or extremely preterm infants after the first week of life, is safe and may be ...

Background Cranial ultrasound cerebral biometric measurements have been used in preterm neonates, particularly in cases of ventriculomegaly. While cerebral biometric measures using MRI have been found ...

Department of Paediatrics, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Anlaby Road, Hull HU3 2JZ, UK Dr Lee, Department of Paediatrics, Level 5, Clinical Sciences Building, St James's University ...

4 Department of Neonatology, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Correspondence to Ghia Shamsiya Kissoon Harrison, National Maternity Hospital, Department of Neonatology, Holles Street, ...

Objective To evaluate enteral feeding practices in neonatal units in different countries and on different continents. Design A web-based survey of 127 tertiary neonatal intensive care units in ...

Objective: To determine the accuracy of three tests used to predict successful extubation of preterm infants. Results: Fifty infants were studied and extubated. Eleven (22%) were reintubated. The SBT ...

This study investigated whether the use of a respiratory monitor during simulated neonatal resuscitation reduced leak at the face mask. It showed the leak was more than halved, being reduced from 27% ...

3 Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 4 School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 5 Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Women's ...

Peter Congdon Regional Neonatal Unit, Clarendon Wing, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds LS2 9NS, UK Correspondence to: Dr Gill Peter Congdon Neonatal Unit, Leeds ...