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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

a Department of Neonatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Tsukiji Maternity Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, b Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Dr Bai-Horng Su, Division ...

Objective To investigate a method of minimally invasive surfactant therapy (MIST) to be used in spontaneously breathing preterm infants on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), evaluating the ...

Background: The establishment of a balanced intestinal microflora which may protect against infection is desirable for the preterm infant. Objective: To investigate the effect of a preterm formula ...