SCI Abstract

search
Timing and adequacy of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis: new insights for future guidelines
Timing and adequacy of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis: new insights for future guidelines
We have read with interest the study by Nielsen et al, 1 which adds valuable insights to the ongoing discussion surroundin...
Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for group B Streptococcus: what exactly is adequate?
Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for group B Streptococcus: what exactly is adequate?
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of neonatal early-onset sepsis (EOS) and infection-attributable neonatal mo...
Evaluating decision regret after extremely preterm birth
Evaluating decision regret after extremely preterm birth
If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Cleara...
Predicting extubation failure in preterm infants using lung ultrasound: a diagnostic accuracy study
Predicting extubation failure in preterm infants using lung ultrasound: a diagnostic accuracy study
AbstractObjective To determine the accuracy of pre-extubation lung ultrasound (LUS) to predict reintubation in preterm inf...
Impact of targeted neonatal echocardiography consultations for critically sick preterm neonates
Impact of targeted neonatal echocardiography consultations for critically sick preterm neonates
AbstractRationale Preterm neonates needing rescue treatments with inotropes and/or inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) (acute criti...
Maternal and infant outcomes in women with sickle cell disease: a matched cohort study
Maternal and infant outcomes in women with sickle cell disease: a matched cohort study
If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Cleara...
Survey of use of probiotics in neonatal units in the UK
Survey of use of probiotics in neonatal units in the UK
We introduced probiotics in Walsall Manor Hospital, a local neonatal unit (LNU) in West Midlands, in February 2022. During...
Untangling the physiology and pathophysiology of neonatal hypoglycaemia
Untangling the physiology and pathophysiology of neonatal hypoglycaemia
Hypoglycaemia remains one of the leading causes of term admission to neonatal units. Significant time is expended by clini...
Building a better model: abandon kitchen sink regression
Building a better model: abandon kitchen sink regression
This paper critically examines ‘kitchen sink regression’, a practice characterised by the manual or automated selection of...
State of skin antiseptic choices in UK neonatal intensive care units in 2023
State of skin antiseptic choices in UK neonatal intensive care units in 2023
In early 2023, two weaker-concentration chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) antiseptic products Tisept (0.015% CHG+0.15% cetrimi...
Importance of using the correct statistics
Importance of using the correct statistics
With interest we read the recent paper by Banerjee et al concerning validation of an electrical biosensing technology (reg...
Doxapram for apnea of prematurity - the importance of maintaining equipoise
Doxapram for apnea of prematurity - the importance of maintaining equipoise
With great interest, we read the recent article by Tréluyer and colleagues.1 The authors investigated the long-term neurod...
Delayed cord clamping and the response to bradycardia immediately after birth
Delayed cord clamping and the response to bradycardia immediately after birth
In 2015, both the European Resuscitation Council and the American Heart Association neonatal resuscitation guidelines reco...
Neonatal brain magnetic resonance imaging: clinical indications, acquisition and reporting
Neonatal brain magnetic resonance imaging: clinical indications, acquisition and reporting
CollaboratorsThis framework for practice was developed by the British Association of Perinatal Medicine and British Societ...
Clinical value of placental examination for paediatricians
Clinical value of placental examination for paediatricians
AbstractThe placenta contains valuable clinical information that is linked to fetal development, neonatal morbidity and mo...