Pinard was a pioneer of modern perinatal care. His provision of social care to deprived pregnant women progressed to a recognition of the value of medical care of mother and baby before as well as ...

Department of Child Health, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB Professor Peter Dunn. If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please ...

AIM To explore the time of onset and duration of action of topical amethocaine gel in the newborn infant. DESIGN A randomised double blind placebo controlled trial. SUBJECTS Thirty six infants were ...

Department of Child Health Bristol University Southmead Hospital Bristol BS 10 5NB Professor Peter Dunn. If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use ...

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 evaluate the safety and practicality of using advanced neonatal nurse practitioners (ANNPs) to lead acute neonatal transfers. Design: Comparison of transport times, transport ...

2 University of Liverpool Institute of Translational Medicine, Liverpool, UK Correspondence to Harriet Corbett, University of Liverpool Institute of Translational Medicine, Child Health, Crown Street, ...

AIMS To compare the perinatal mortality and morbidity of infants with twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) with those of gestation matched twin controls and to assess the neurodevelopmental outcome ...

Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Osaka Medical College, 2-7, Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-8686, Japan Correspondence to: Dr Ogihara Division of Neonatology, Department of ...

Correct size at birth is associated with health later in life “How much did he/she weigh?” is often the first question proud parents are asked after they have announced the sex of their newly ...

Tayside Institute of Child Health, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland, UK Correspondence to: Dr McGuire, Tayside Institute of Child Health, Ninewells Hospital and Medical ...

Correspondence to Dr David G Sweet, Neonatal Unit, Royal Maternity Hospital, Belfast, Belfast, UK; david.sweet{at}belfasttrust.hscni.net What should neonatologists do now, while acknowledging that we ...