AIM To examine the effect of body position on clinically significant gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) in preterm infants. METHODS Eighteen preterm infants with clinically significant GOR were studied ...

1 Paediatric HIV Service, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, 10 Chalmers Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 1TS, Scotland, UK 2 Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health & ...

Dr Hayakawa, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Neonatology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital 4-86, Minaminokawamachi, Ogaki, Gifu-Pref, 503-8502, Japanmasahaya{at}med.nagoya-u.ac.jp AIMS To clarify the ...

Objective To evaluate the effect of opioid analgesics, compared to placebo, no drug, or other non-opioid analgesics or sedatives, on pain, duration of mechanical ventilation, mortality, growth and ...

Background Defecation problems occur frequently in infants. A clearer insight into the normal defecation pattern is required to gain a better understanding of abnormal defecation. Aim To describe the ...

Background The epidemiology of early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) varies over time, and requires regular surveillance. Objective To analyse data on EONS in Australia and New Zealand. Methods ...

1 Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA 2 Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA 3 Social, Statistical ...

Correspondence to Dr B Baxter, Department of Paediatrics, Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend SA6 6NL, UK; brigittebaxter{at}hotmail.co.uk Background The intercristal line (ICL), defined by the ...

Background Fetal ventriculomegaly is the the most common intracranial abnormality detected antenatally. When ventriculomegaly is mild and the only, isolated, abnormality detected (isolated mild ...

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 ...