Although the majority of term infants will breathe spontaneously at birth, the requirement for advanced resuscitation can be unpredictable, as can the precipitous delivery of an extremely preterm infant in a non-tertiary neonatal unit. Infants born in hospitals without a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit have a higher mortality which is a disparity that has been difficult to…
Objective To estimate the number of patients on paediatric wards in England who received nasogastric tube (NGT) feeding under physical restraint from April 2022 to…
Deferring cord clamping (DCC) at birth reduces mortality in preterm infants by around a third.1 This extraordinary reduction in mortality occurs in babies of all…
In 2015, both the European Resuscitation Council and the American Heart Association neonatal resuscitation guidelines recommended delayed cord clamping (DCC) for term and preterm neonates.…
The largest randomised controlled trial (RCT) of neonatal caffeine therapy, the Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity (CAP) trial, evaluated caffeine citrate at a loading dose…
Objective To compare reintubation rates after planned extubation and unplanned extubation (UE) in patients in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), to analyse risk factors for…
An infant was delivered vaginally at 37+2 weeks gestation, weighing 2620 g. Her antenatal course was uncomplicated. She was noted at delivery to have hyperextended knees…
In the United Kingdom (UK), preschool wheeze is usually defined as occurring in children aged one to five years old. Prevalence studies report a third of…
Objective Women with sickle cell disease (SCD) have adverse maternal and infant outcomes. Our aim was to determine whether the outcomes of SCD mothers and…
Objective To evaluate the implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship programme-led inpatient beta-lactam allergy de-labelling programme using a direct oral provocation test (OPT). Design One-year quality…
Objective To evaluate the implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship programme-led inpatient beta-lactam allergy de-labelling programme using a direct oral provocation test (OPT). Design One-year quality…
