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Neonatology

Triggers for respiratory illness in preterm infants

10 Sep, 08 | by Ian Wacogne

In a series of 114 very low birth weight infants, environmental risk factors like exposure to pets and cigarette smoke was associated with an increased risk of respiratory disease at one year.  Here.

Respiratory function in children who were preterm

18 Jun, 08 | by Ian Wacogne

In children in the epicure study, 308 children of less than 25 weeks gestational age at birth were followed up to 6 years old, and had a wide range of respiratory problems.  Here.

Maternal smoking

23 Apr, 08 | by Ian Wacogne

Maternal smoking reduces the levels of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in infants.  Here.

Facial asymmetry

7 Apr, 08 | by Ian Wacogne

73% of 102 newborn infants in this US series had some sort of facial asymmetry.  Here.

Getting Preterm Neonates Home

4 Apr, 08 | by Ian Wacogne

Leading Article:Rose, Ramsay and Leaf look at the strategies which can be used to get children home from the neonatal unit in a timely fashion. Here.

Early weighing to prevent neonatal hypernatraemic dehydration

2 Apr, 08 | by Ian Wacogne

Introduction of an early weighing policy led to an improvement in detection of neonatal hypernatraemic dehydration.  Here.

Methadone use and visual development

27 Feb, 08 | by Ian Wacogne

In a series of 21 infants of methadone using mothers and 20 case controls tested with flash visual evoked responses, infants of methadone using mothers had delayed visual maturation.  Here.

Monitoring

8 Oct, 07 | by Ian Wacogne

In analysis of data from 67 high risk infants monitored over a total of 3452 days, pulse oximetry was superior to impedence monitoring in detecting true events, although both had very high false positive rates.  Here.

Vitamin D in Pregnancy

9 Sep, 07 | by Ian Wacogne

Perspective:  Dowodu and Wagner look at strategies to prevent vitamin D deficiency in mothers and children.  Here.

Vitamin K deficiency bleeding

9 Sep, 07 | by Ian Wacogne

Perpective:  Clarke and Shearer review the history of discovery and rediscovery of this rare but important bleeding disorder of the newborn.  Here.

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