AIM To determine if pulmonary haemorrhage after surfactant treatment increases short and long term morbidity and mortality in neonates weighing <1500 g at birth. METHODS Neonates weighing <1500 g at ...

1 Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2 University Children's Hospital, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Correspondence to Christian P Speer, ...

Objective To evaluate the applicability and potential effectiveness of a technique of minimally-invasive surfactant therapy (MIST) in preterm infants on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).

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 ...

1 International Perinatal Care Unit, Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK Neonatal infections currently cause about 1.6 ...

AIM To time the onset of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in patients (n=39) with CMV associated neonatal cholestasis by analysing CMV DNA on Guthrie cards sampled at 3 days of age. METHODS CMV ...

Correspondence to Dr David Durand, Neonatology, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA 94752, USA; ddurand53{at}gmail.com Objective To evaluate the safety of an aerosolised surfactant, ...

1 Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA 2 Computational Genetics, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA 3 Division of Infectious ...

After birth, gas exchange is achieved in the lung, whereas prenatally it occurs in the placenta. This is associated with differences in blood flow patterns in the fetus as compared with the postnatal ...

Gregor Mendel, an Augustinian monk and part-time school teacher, undertook a series of brilliant hybridisation experiments with garden peas between 1857 and 1864 in the monastery gardens and, using ...

Correspondence to: Dr Roberts, Department of Haematology, Hammersmith Campus, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK; irene.roberts{at}ic.ac.uk Neonatal thrombocytopenia is a common ...

3 Department of Psychiatry, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4 Aklilu-Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 5 School of Public Health, Addis Ababa ...