Background The British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM) published a revised framework for perinatal management of extremely preterm infants (EPIs) in 2019. We aimed to assess UK neonatal ...

A case of neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) secondary to human platelet antigen (HPA)-1a antibodies is reported. Additional multispecific HLA antibodies rendered volunteer donor platelet ...

Identification of a small or absent stomach during fetal anomaly screening may be indicative of a range of underlying pathologies, many of which carry implications for counselling, continuing the ...

Epilepsy is the commonest neurological disorder in pregnancy. With appropriate management there is no increase in complications. We performed a telephonic survey to find if maternity units had a ...

Objective To evaluate incidence of minimally invasive surfactant therapy (MIST) failure, identify risk factors and assess the impact of MIST failure on neonatal outcome. Design Retrospective cohort ...

Premature delivery presents enormous complexities for all professionals involved with prospective parents. Discussion with the parents on the likelihood of problems after preterm delivery, both short ...

OBJECTIVES To compare outcomes of care in selected neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) for very low birthweight (VLBW) or preterm infants in Scotland and Australia (study 1) and perinatal care for ...

Over a period of six months, seven cases were documented of trauma to the nose as a result of flow driver continuous positive airway pressure in babies of very low birthweight (VLBW). There was a ...

Aim To compare a new two-person method (four hands) of delivering mask ventilation with a standard one-person method using the Laerdal self-inflating bag (SIB) and the Neopuff (NP) infant resuscitator ...

Introduction Evidence exists to suggest that the symptoms of pre-eclampsia are mediated by an imbalance of circulating angiogenic factors of placental origin; reduced concentrations of placental ...

Aim Data on the depth of nasal intubation in neonates are rare, although this is the preferred route in some countries. Therefore, recommendations on optimal nasal intubation depths based on ...