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Surgeons and neonatologists views about surgical decision-making in necrotising enterocolitis
3 Neonatal Medicine, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK 4 Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health, Imperial College London, London, UK Objective To ...
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Reduced calf muscle growth in NICU graduates compared with typically developing term infants: 12-month longitudinal study of infant muscle growth
Objective To evaluate growth of the triceps surae muscle over the first 12 months of life in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) graduates compared with typically developing (TD) infants. Design ...
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Effect of enteral supplementation of DHA with or without ARA in preterm infants: a meta-analysis
Objective This study aimed to assess whether additional enteral docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation, with or without arachidonic acid (ARA), influences morbidities diagnosed in the neonatal ...
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Predictors of survival in children born with spina bifida
Background Spina bifida is associated with life-long disability and reduced survival, but the determinants of survival for those born with spina bifida remain poorly understood. This study describes ...
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Supplementation of a bovine milk formula with an oligosaccharide mixture increases counts of faecal bifidobacteria in preterm infants
Background: The establishment of a balanced intestinal microflora which may protect against infection is desirable for the preterm infant. Objective: To investigate the effect of a preterm formula ...
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Seven-day versus 14-day antibiotic course for culture-proven neonatal sepsis: a multicentre randomised non-inferiority trial in a low and middle-income country ...
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Nasal trauma due to continuous positive airway pressure in neonates
1 Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, Centre Hospitalier University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland 2 Paediatric Surgery, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of ...
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Early term and late preterm birth are associated with poorer school performance at age 5 years: a cohort study
2 Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK 3 Department of Psychology and Division of Mental Health and Wellbeing, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK 4 University Division ...
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Impact of maternal obesity on neonatal heart rate and cardiac size
Correspondence to Dr Alan M Groves, Department of Pediatrics, Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78705, USA; alan.groves{at}austin.utexas.edu Results Mean (SD) heart ...
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Risk factors for late onset gram-negative infections: a case–control study
2 Neonatal Unit, Rosie Hospital, Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK 3 Department of Medical Microbiology, St George's Hospital, London, UK 4 Child Health, St George's, University of London, London ...
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Echocardiographic assessment of patent ductus arteriosus shunt flow pattern in premature infants
a Department of Neonatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Tsukiji Maternity Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, b Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Dr Bai-Horng Su, Division ...
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Genetics of neonatal hyperinsulinism
Dr B Glaser, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hadassah University Hospital, PO Box 12000, Jerusalem, Israel email: beng{at}cc.huji.ac.il Congenital hyperinsulinism (HI) is a clinically and ...