Dr Kirsi Mustonen, Department of Neuropediatrics, North Karelia Central Hospital, 80210 Joensuu, Finland. Four neonates with convulsions had IgG antibodies in their cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to ...
AIM To develop and evaluate a score which quantifies mortality risk in very low birthweight (VLBW) infants (birthweight below 1500 g) at admission to the neonatal intensive care unit. METHODS Five ...
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 ...
Background Sensory experience is the basis for learning in infancy. In older children, abnormal sensory reactivity is associated with behavioural and developmental disorders. We hypothesised that in ...
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Background and purpose The anatomy of the deep venous system plays an important role in the pathogenesis of brain lesions in the preterm brain as shown by different histological studies. The aims of ...
Objective To determine the effect of repeated antenatal corticosteroids on postnatal changes in weight, linear growth and head circumference. Methods Mothers who entered the repeated dose of antenatal ...
AIMS To compare the effects of a single dose of frusemide administered either intravenously or by nebulisation on pulmonary mechanics in premature infants with evolving chronic lung disease. METHODS ...
Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel Dr B Weisz, ...
AIMS To study the distribution of clinically important red cell antibodies in pregnancy, and the associated fetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. METHODS The case notes of women with clinically ...
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital NHS Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne. It has been suggested that survival in babies with trisomy 18 may be better than previously recognised, and that ...
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada Correspondence to Dr B Lemyre, Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 401, Smyth Road, Ottawa, ...