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Naema Hamouda, Yosra AboEL-Azm, Kholoud Elsamman, Soha Nabil, Mohammed Tarek, Fatma Elzahraa Wasia, Ahmed Mostafa Amin, Ahmed Elshahat, Nourhan hassan, Ammar Mektebi, Abdelazem Khaled, Hatim Nasruldin ...
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Gut microbial colonisation in premature neonates predicts neonatal sepsis

1 Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA 2 Computational Genetics, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA 3 Division of Infectious ...
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Trends in the incidence and management of hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy in the therapeutic hypothermia era: a national population study

Correspondence to Dr Don Sharkey, Academic Child Health, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; don.sharkey{at}nottingham.ac.uk Objective Hypoxic-ischaemic ...
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Neuroimaging in infants with congenital cytomegalovirus infection and its correlation with outcome: emphasis on white matter abnormalities

1 Department of Neonatology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and Neonatal Brain Group, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain Objective To evaluate the association between neuroimaging and ...
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Severe hypercalcaemia due to subcutaneous fat necrosis: presentation, management and complications

Correspondence to Dr Ari J Wassner, Division of Endocrinology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; ari.wassner{at}childrens.harvard.edu Objective Subcutaneous fat ...
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Development and initial validation of the EDIN scale, a new tool for assessing prolonged pain in preterm infants

OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a scale suitable for use in clinical practice as a tool for assessing prolonged pain in premature infants. METHODS Pain indicators identified by observation of ...
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Vitamin D status of early preterm infants and the effects of vitamin D intake during hospital stay

1 Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 2 Center for Perinatal Research and Ohio Perinatal ...
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Video laryngoscopy-assisted less-invasive surfactant administration quality improvement initiative

Correspondence to Dr Dalibor Kurepa, Division of Neonatology, Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY 11042, USA; dkurepa{at}northwell.edu Objective To describe the use of quality ...
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Implementation of an adapted Sepsis Risk Calculator algorithm to reduce antibiotic usage in the management of early onset neonatal sepsis: a multicentre initiative in Wales, UK

Correspondence to Dr Sujoy Banerjee, Department of Neonatal Medicine, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, SA2 8QA, UK; sujoy.banerjee{at}wales.nhs.uk Setting Ten perinatal hospitals in Wales, UK. Patients ...
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How reliably can paediatric professionals identify pale stool from cholestatic newborns?

Background The success of surgery in infants with hepatobiliary disease is inversely proportional to the age when surgery was performed. Pale stool colour is a major indicator of biliary obstruction.
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Born just a few weeks early: does it matter?

2 Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK Correspondence to Elaine M Boyle, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, 22–28 Princess Road West, Leicester ...
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Extravasation injuries on regional neonatal units

Neonatal Medical Unit, St Mary’s Hospital, Whitworth Park, Manchester M13 0JH, UK Correspondence to: Dr Wilkins Neonatal Medical Unit, St Mary’s Hospital, Whitworth Park, Manchester M13 0JH, UK; clare ...