Background: Incubators are largely used to preserve preterm and sick babies from postnatal stressors, but their motors produce high electromagnetic fields (EMFs). Newborns are chronically exposed to ...

Correspondence to Dr Camilla Gizzi, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric and Neonatal Department, “S.Giovanni Calibita” Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Piazza Confienza, 3 Rome 00185, Italy; ...

Background Outcomes of prenatal covariate-adjusted outborn very-low-birth-weight infants (VLBWIs) (≤1500 g) remain uncertain. Objective To compare morbidity and mortality between outborn and inborn ...

Background In neonatal trials, verbal opt-out consent has been used to reduce burden on families and make recruitment more efficient and representative. It involves information provision through ...

Correspondence to Professor Robert Mark Beattie, Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Southampton Children’s Hospital, University Hospital Southampton, Tremona road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK; ...

Background Targeted testing for cytomegalovirus (CMV) in preterm infants <21 days has two benefits: timely congenital CMV (cCMV) diagnosis, and differentiation between cCMV and postnatal CMV (pCMV).

Background Systemic corticosteroids as the frontline treatment of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in preterm infants are associated with adverse effects on growth and neurodevelopmental outcome, ...

Objective To determine whether extending caffeine therapy through 43 weeks’ postmenstrual age (PMA) decreases intermittent hypoxia (IH) in convalescing preterm infants. Secondary objectives were to ...

Objective To determine the change in non-invasive ventilation (NIV) use over time in infants born at <32 weeks’ gestation and the associated clinical outcomes. Study design Retrospective cohort study ...

Objective To evaluate the prevalence of acute peripartum twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) in vaginally born monochorionic (MC) twin pregnancies, comparing early cord clamping (ECC) to delayed ...

Objective To quantify admissions to neonatal units in England and Wales with potential need for palliative care. Design, setting and patients Diagnoses and clinical attributes indicating a high ...

Objectives While antibiotics save lives in infants with sepsis, up to 12.0% of non-infected term and late preterm infants are exposed to antibiotics underscoring diagnostic challenges in early onset ...