Objective: C-reactive protein (CRP) is the most widely used infection marker in neonatal
practice. Combined with difficulty in early recognition of neonatal sepsis, the number of …

Over a 20-month period we identified several cases of neonatal pneumonia associated with
prelabour rupture of membranes (PROM) at term. PROM complicates 8%–10% of all …

Objective There is evidence that birth and care in a maternity service associated with a
neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is associated with improved survival in preterm babies …

Preterm babies born between 27 and 31 weeks of gestation are understudied and
historically, have been grouped as a single cohort. Increased evidence relating to clinical …

2010; 1: CD001069. 3. Anand KJ, Hickey PR. Pain and its effects in the human neonate and
fetus. N Engl J Med 1987; 317: 1321–9. 4. Grunau RE, Holsti L, Peters JW. Long-term …

Introduction In England, for babies born at 23–26 weeks gestation, care in a neonatal
intensive care unit (NICU) as opposed to a local neonatal unit (LNU) improves survival to …

The concept of using pulse oximetry (PO) as a screening test to identify newborn babies with
critical congenital heart defects (CCHD) before life-threatening collapse occurs has been …

In this article the authors present a case of pathological neonatal jaundice resistant to
phototherapy in a baby with a family history of Gilbert's syndrome and hereditary …

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are immunosuppressive precursors of dendritic
cells, macrophages and granulocytes. MDSCs normally quickly differentiate, but have …

Coronary artery fistulae (CAF) are rare forms of congenital heart disease with an incidence
of one in 50 000 live births. The authors present the case of an asymptomatic neonate with a …