The neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a potentially life threatening illness associated with significant morbidity especially in the neonatal period. A case of NAS due to codeine prescribed for ...

1 MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, UCL Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Claire L Townsend, MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, ...

Correspondence to: Maria Quigley National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK; maria.quigley{at}npeu.ox.ac.uk Objectives: To compare the ...

Objective In 2015, the Department of Health in England announced an ambition to reduce ‘brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth’. We describe the development of a pragmatic case definition ...

The preterm baby may develop ophthalmic sequelae which can be due to prematurity per se, due to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) or due to neurological damage. Focusing on the former two, we discuss ...

Objective Since therapeutic hypothermia became standard care for neonatal hypoxic–ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE), even fewer infants die or have disability at 18-month assessment than in the clinical ...

Correspondence to Dr Chris Gale, Section of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW10 9NH, UK; christopher.gale{at}imperial.ac.uk The evidence to guide ...

1 Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Freeman Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK 2 Paediatric Department, North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields NE29 8NH, UK ...

Objective: To determine the effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure on birth outcomes. Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed in accordance with MOOSE guidelines.

Correspondence to: Dr Roberts, Department of Haematology, Hammersmith Campus, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK; irene.roberts{at}ic.ac.uk Neonatal thrombocytopenia is a common ...

1 Princess of Wales Maternity Unit, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK 2 Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK Ventriculomegaly is an excess of fluid in the ...

This review discusses an approach to determining the cause of neonatal encephalopathy, as well as current evidence on resuscitation and subsequent management of hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE).