High osmolality of infant feed reflects a high concentration of solute particles and has been implicated as a cause of necrotising enterocolitis. Evidence for direct intestinal mucosal injury as a ...

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OBJECTIVES Primary: to compare sequential and simultaneous breast pumping on volume of milk expressed and its fat content. Secondary: to measure the effect of breast massage on milk volume and fat ...

Correspondence to: Dr Gottstein, Neonatal Unit, Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Crown Street, Liverpool L8 7SS, UK; rgottstein{at}btinternet.com Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of high dose ...

Objective Human milk composition is dynamic. While extensive research has focused on its macronutrient concentrations during the first 6 months of lactation, limited research exists for extended ...

Objective Assessing parent experiences of neonatal services can help improve quality of care; however, there is no formally evaluated UK instrument available to assess this prospectively. Our ...

Objective To perform a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of different surfactant treatment strategies for respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) to assess if a certain fraction of ...

Pulse oximetry may be useful during neonatal resuscitation. A randomised crossover study was performed to determine the most efficient method of applying the sensor. Applying it to the infant before ...

Correspondence to Dr Laila Springer, Department of Neonatology, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tubingen D-72076, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; laila.springer{at}med.uni-tuebingen.de Objective ...

The neuro-protective effect of antenatal magnesium sulfate on very preterm infants has been demonstrated in good-quality randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses. Magnesium administered prior to ...

2 Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; andrew.wilkinsonpaediatrics.ox.ac.uk Correspondence to: Professor Wilkinson Department of Paediatrics, ...