Correspondence to Dr Mark John Johnson, Department of Neonatal Medicine, Princess Anne Hospital, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, SO16 5YA, UK; ...

1 Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, MRC & Asthma UK Centre in Allergic, Mechanisms of Asthma, King's College London, London, UK 2 Department of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, ...

Correspondence to Joan Riera, Biomedical Engineer, Department of Neonatology, La Paz University Hospital, Paseo de la Castellana 261, Madrid ES-28046, Spain; joan.riera{at}me.com Background The ...

Neonatal Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK Background: Little is known about exposure of preterm infants to excipients during routine clinical ...

Dr Søndergaard, The Danish Epidemiologic Science Centre, University Of Aarhus, Vennelyst Boulevard 6, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark email: cs{at}soci.au.dk AIM To describe how fetal growth and gestational age ...

Recent technological advances have made feasible universal newborn hearing screening and therefore early detection of permanent childhood hearing impairment. Over the past three years, new information ...

AIM To determine how long it takes neonatal blood cultures to become positive. METHODS Data were collected retrospectively on 451 positive blood cultures from babies on a tertiary neonatal unit ...

AIMS To quantify the incidence of ventricular septal defect in “low-risk” neonates; and to define any associated risk factors. METHODS One hundred and seventy three patients with ventricular septal ...

Dr Ryan, RLC NHS Trust, Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK email: Steve.Ryan{at}RLCH-TR.NWEST.NHS.UK BACKGROUND Low levels of circulating thyroid hormones have been associated with poorer ...

Department of Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Campus, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK BACKGROUND It has previously been shown ...

This paper reviews the evidence regarding whether a standardised examination in the newborn period can improve infant health. The review considers aspects of delivering such a service from timing and ...

Correspondence to Dr Dilshad Marikar, Department of Paediatrics, Peterborough City Hospital, Edith Cavell Campus, Bretton Gate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE3 9GZ, UK; dilshad.marikar{at}nhs.net If ...