Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition articles from July 2001

Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition archives from July 2001

Parents and end of life decisions in neonatal practice.(Editorial)
July 1, 2001... Many factors over the course of time have influenced the way parents react to the death of their baby, including a less private attitude towards bereavement, unrealistic expectations of survival, perhaps an erosion of spirituality, and more...

Consent to autopsy for neonates.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract Objectives-To determine parents' views on autopsy after treatment withdrawal. Design-Face to face interviews with 59 sets of bereaved parents (108 individual parents) for whose 62 babies there had been discussion of treatment...

Lingering death after treatment withdrawal in the neonatal intensive care unit.
July 1, 2001... Abstract Objective--To explore parents' perceptions of treatment withdrawal and the dying process. Design--Face to face interviews with 59 sets of parents of 62 babies in the East of Scotland three months and 13 months after death. ...

Effect of maternal tocolysis on the incidence of severe periventricular/intraventricular haemorrhage in very low birthweight infants.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract Aim--To examine the relation between grade III-IV periventricular/ intraventricular haemorrhage (PVH/IVH) and antenatal exposure to tocolytic treatment in very low birthweight (VLBW) premature infants. Study design--The study...

Treatment of neonatal thrombus formation with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator: six years experience and review of the literature.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract Background--Thrombosis is a relatively rare event in children. However, many conditions in the neonatal period result in an increased risk of thrombus formation. The major risk factor is the indwelling intravascular catheter....

Educational and behavioural problems in babies of 32--35 weeks gestation.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract Aim--To identify incidence of school and behaviour problems at age 7 years in children born between 32 and 35 weeks gestation, and investigate perinatal risk factors. Method--The study population consisted of all children born at...

Randomised controlled trial of postnatal sodium supplementation in infants of 25-30 weeks gestational age: effects on cardiopulmonary adaptation.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract Background--It has previously been shown that, in preterm babies, routine sodium supplementation from 24 hours after birth is associated with increased risk of oxygen dependency and persistent expansion of the extracellular...

Factors affecting the incidence of chronic lung disease of prematurity in 1987,1992, and 1997.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract Objective--To determine changes in the incidence of chronic lung disease of prematurity between 1987,1992, and 1997. Methods--Observational study based on data derived from a geographically defined population: Trent Health Region,...

Development and initial validation of the EDIN scale, a new tool for assessing prolonged pain in preterm infants.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract Objective--To develop and validate a scale suitable for use in clinical practice as a tool for assessing prolonged pain in premature infants. Methods--Pain indicators identified by observation of preterm infants and selected...

Prediction of early tolerance to enteral feeding in preterm infants by measurement of superior mesenteric artery blood flow velocity.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract Aims--To evaluate whether serial Doppler measurements of superior mesenteric artery (SMA) blood flow velocity after the first enteral feed could predict early tolerance to enteral feeding in preterm infants. Methods--When...

Cord blood transferrin receptors to assess fetal iron status.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract Objective--To study iron status at different gestational ages using cord blood serum transferrin receptors (STfRs). Methods--STfRs, iron, ferritin, total iron binding capacity, haemoglobin, and reticulocytes were measured in...

Oxygen consumption and resting energy expenditure during phototherapy in full term and preterm newborn infants.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract Objectives--To determine the effect of phototherapy on the oxygen consumption and resting energy expenditure of term and preterm newborn infants. Methods--A total of 202 infants (gestation 30-42 weeks; body weight 1270-4100...

Ketamine for procedural pain relief in newborn infants.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract Aim--To assess the suitability of ketamine for relief of pain caused by tracheal suction during ventilator treatment in newborn infants. Study design--In a randomised, double blind, cross over trial, 16 newborn infants...

Time of closure of ductus venosus in term and preterm neonates.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract Aim--To investigate the relation between gestational age, birth weight, and antenatal corticosteroid administration and the time of ductus venosus closure. Methods--Ninety eight neonates of 30--41 weeks gestational age were...

Foot length, an accurate predictor of nasotracheal tube length in neonates.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract Background--Existing guidelines for optimal positioning of endotracheal tubes in neonates are based on scanty data and relate to measurements that are either non-linear or poorly reproducible in sick infants. Foot length can be...

Prenatal bowel dilatation: congenital chloride diarrhoea.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... A healthy primigravida had moderate polyhydramnion (amniotic fluid index (AFI) = 230 mm) at 32 gestational weeks. The fetus had dilated, fluid filled, and frequently contracting small bowels filling the whole abdomen (figs 1 and 2), most likely...

Early intracardiac thrombosis in preterm infants and thrombolysis with recombinant tissue type plasminogen activator.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... Abstract Objectives--To determine the incidence of catheter related thrombosis and to test the efficacy of recombinant tissue type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) in preterm infants. Study design--From January 1995 to December 1998,...

Paracetamol overdose in a preterm neonate.
July 1, 2001... Abstract The first oral overdose of paracetamol in a neonate is reported. A 55 day old neonate, born 29 weeks premature, was accidentally given 136 mg/kg paracetamol. Treatment was with activated charcoal, supportive care, and...

Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) and the value of breast milk.
July 1, 2001... Hans Sloane was one of the most eminent physicians, naturalists, and collectors of his day. [1] He was born on 16 April 1660 in Killyleagh, Co Down, one of the sons of Alexander Sloane, a tax collector of Scottish extraction. After attending...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
July 1, 2001... Oxygen saturation and retinopathy of prematurity EDITOR,--The observations of Tin et al [1] have led them to suggest that babies may have better overall outcomes when unit policies aim at oxygen levels of 70-90%, much lower than current...

The Neurological Assessment of the Preterm and Full-term Newborn Infant.(Review)
July 1, 2001... The Neurological Assessment of the Preterm and Full-term Newborn Infant. L Dubowitz. (Pp 167; [pound]35.00.) Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 1898683158. Progress in the management of disease in the newborn has carried with it a...