Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition articles from March 2004

Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition archives from March 2004

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Transient adrenocortical insufficiency of prematurity and systemic hypotension in very low birthweight infants.(Original Article)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F119-F126. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.021972 Objectives: A proportion of preterm, very low birthweight (VLBW, < 1500 g) infants may show inadequate adrenal response to stress in the immediate postnatal...

Early pituitary-adrenal response and respiratory outcomes in preterm infants.(Original Article)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F127-F130. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.021980 Objective: To assess the influence of circulating (basal) and stimulated plasma adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH) and serum cortisol on the duration of oxygen...

Maternal intravaginal prostaglandin [E.sub.2] gel before elective caesarean section at term to induce catecholamine surge in cord blood: randomised, placebo controlled study.(Original Article)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F131-F135. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.025957 Objective: To test the hypothesis that the application of intravaginal prostaglandin [E.sub.2] gel before elective caesarean section (ECS) will induce a...

Suppressive effects of breast milk on oxidative DNA damage in very low birthweight infants.(Original Article)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F136-F138. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.018390 Background: Human milk contains many kinds of antioxidant and is considered to prevent diseases mediated by oxygen free radicals in very low birthweight...

Survival of very preterm infants: Epipage, a population based cohort study.(Original Article)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F139-F144. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.020396 Objective: To evaluate the outcome for all infants born before 33 weeks gestation until discharge from hospital. Design: A prospective observational...

This month in the archives of disease in childhood.
March 1, 2004... The following paper appearing in the March 2004 issue of ADC may be of interest to readers of Fetal and Neonatal. The neurodevelopmental progress of infants less than 33 weeks into adolescence. F O'Brien, S Roth, A Stewart, L Rifkin, T...

Effect of birth order on neonatal morbidity and mortality among very low birthweight twins: a population based study.(Original Article)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F145-F148. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.021584 Objective: To study the effect of birth order on the risk for respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), chronic lung disease (CLD), adverse neurological...

Prevalence of hypospadias and other genital anomalies among singleton births, 1988-1997, in Scotland.(Original Article)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F149-F151. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.024034 Background: Considerable debate exists on the epidemiology of genital anomalies. Methods: All genital anomalies, excluding undescended testes, were...

Multiorgan dysfunction in infants with post-asphyxial hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy.(Original Article)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F152-F155. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.023093 Background: Multiorgan dysfunction (MOD) is one of four consensus based criteria for the diagnosis of intrapartum asphyxia. The theoretical concept behind...

Resuscitation with 100% [O.sub.2] does not protect the myocardium in hypoxic newborn piglets.(Original Article)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F156-F160. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.020594 Background: Perinatal asphyxia is associated with cardiac dysfunction secondary to myocardial ischaemia. Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is a marker of myocardial...

Nosocomial cutaneous abscesses in septic infants.(Original Article)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F161-F162. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.011668 Objective: To retrospectively study the epidemiology of nosocomial cutaneous abscesses in 46 consecutive septic infants. Results: Ten infants had one...

Infection with Ureaplasma urealyticum: is there a specific clinical and radiological course in the preterm infant?(Original Article)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F163-F167. doi: 10.1136/adc.2003.026013 Background: Despite having mild early respiratory disease, many preterm babies develop chronic lung disease (CLD). Intrauterine infection with Ureaplasma...

Clinical detection of low upper body blood flow in very premature infants using blood pressure, capillary refill time, and central-peripheral temperature difference.(Original Article)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F168-F173. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.023796 Objective: To determine the accuracy of blood pressure (BP), capillary refill time (CRT), and central-peripheral temperature difference (CPTd) for detecting...

Accuracy of the volume and pressure displays of high frequency oscillators.(Original Article)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F174-F176. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.023937 Objective: To determine the effect of frequency on the accuracy of volume and pressure displays of high frequency oscillators. Methods: The effect of...

Nutritional effects on auditory brainstem maturation in healthy term infants.(Short Report)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F177-F179. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.021014 Objective: To assess the effects of dietary long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCPUFA) supplementation on auditory brainstem maturation of healthy term...

Measurement of urine output by weighing nappies.(Short Report)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F180-F181. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.018853 The effect of humidity on measurement of neonatal urine output was assessed by weighing nappies in a clinically relevant context. Saline was used as dummy...

Cost effective use of satellite packs in neonates: importance of birth weight.(Short Report)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F182-F183. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.021147 Background: Blood banks split an adult packed red cell bag (usually 250 ml) into 30 ml bags, making a total of eight neonatal "satellite" packs per donor....

Probable adverse reaction to a pharmaceutical excipient.(Case Report)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F184. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.024927 Adverse reactions to medication are well recognised although information on the incidence in children is lacking. Adverse reactions have also been attributed to...

Louise Bourgeois (1563-1636): royal midwife of France.(Perinatal Lessons From the Past)
March 1, 2004... Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F185-F187. doi: 10.1136/adc.2003.037929 Louise Bourgeois was the first practicing midwife to write of her experience of childbirth and of women's problems. She did much to enhance the respect in...

Neonatal necrotising enterocolitis and perinatal exposure to co-amoxyclav.(Letters)
March 1, 2004... Two recent studies have reported an association between antenatal exposure to co-amoxyclav, either alone or in combination with erythromycin, and neonatal necrotising enterocolitis (NEC). (1 2) Based on the analyses of secondary outcomes in...

Birth weight of Chinese babies born in Italy.(Letters)
March 1, 2004... Fok et al (1) note that the birth weight (BW) of the Chinese neonates they studied is lower than that of babies born in some western countries and state that a genuine genetic predisposition exists leading to the smaller size of Chinese...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2004... doi: 10.1136/adc.2003.014797corr1 The authors of the paper by Mercuri et al in the November issue (Neonatal cerebral infarction and visual function at school age, Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2003;88:487-91) would like to fully...

Gastric pneumatosis/interstitial emphysema of the stomach.(Images in Neonatal Medicine)
March 1, 2004... This entity was first described in 1889 by Fraenkel in adults. (1) It is rare and primarily a radiological diagnosis. It has been seen in preterm and term babies, and infants up to 9 months of age. In adults, infection with gas forming...