Healthcare professionals (for example, midwives, neonatal nurses, obstetricians, neonatologists and paediatricians) assess newborn babies for risk factors and clinical indicators of early-onset ...

Our group has now implemented cardiac MRI techniques in newborn term and preterm infants. Scans can be performed safely, without the need for sedation/anaesthesia, and with maintenance of ...

The value of the Apgar score has become controversial because of attempts to use it as a predictor of the neurologic development of the infant, a use for which it was never intended. 4 For example ...

Infant Assessment and Reduction of Sudden Unexpected Postnatal Collapse Risk During Skin-to-Skin Contact Susan M. Ludington-Hoe, PhD, RN, CNM, CKC, FAAN; Kathy Morgan, BSN, RN, CKC, NNP-BC Disclosures ...

Newborn hearing assessment can predict neurophysiological development at 12 months. Download PDF Copy; Reviewed. Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Oct 28 2022.

New Cochrane review highlights gaps in newborn pain assessment tools. 10m. A newly-published Cochrane review reveals significant gaps in the clinical rating scales used to assess pain in newborn ...

Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) occurs in an estimated 1 or 2 infants per 1000 live births and is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. 1–4 Despite ...