Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition articles

Recent articles from Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Lateralisation of language function in young adults born very preterm.(Original Article)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F112-F118. doi: 10.1136/adc.2001.005314 Objective: To explore, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the functional organisation of phonological processing in young adults born very preterm. Subjects: Six right handed male...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2004... doi: 10.1136/adc.2003.jan04covcorr1 We failed to credit Dr M Masand, who kindly provided the cover image entitled "Cold light examination for diagnosis of pneumo-thorax in newborns--a vanishing skill" (pictured here) for the January 2003 issue of ADC--Fetal and Neonatal Edition (Arch...

Management of fluid balance in the very immature neonate.(Review)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F108-F111. doi: 10.1136/adc.2001.004275 Preterm birth requires rapid adaptation from a liquid to a gaseous, low humidity environment. There are several ways in which this can be facilitated. The management of sodium and water balance is...

Neonatal transfusion practice.(Personal Practice)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F101-F107. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.019760 Many previously widely accepted neonatal transfusion practices are changing as neonatologists become more aware of the risks to their patients of multiple blood product transfusions. Recent literature and...

Postnatal steroid treatment and brain development.(Review)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F96-F100. doi: 10.1136/adc.2003.028696 This review examines the risk/benefit ratio of postnatal steroid treatment in preterm infants and correlates epidemiological data with experimental evidence on the effect of glucocorticosteroids on brain...