Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition articles from May 2003

Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition archives from May 2003

Obtaining consent for neonatal research: improvements to the informed consent process for neonatal research are considered. (Informed Consent).
May 1, 2003... Informed consent is given when a competent person who has received and understood sufficient information voluntarily decides whether or not to receive treatment or take part in research. It is widely seen as an essential component of most...

Nasal CPAP for neonates: what do we know in 2003? (Review).(Continuous positive airway pressure )
May 1, 2003... Despite the acknowledged clinical usefulness of nasal CPAP, uncertainties regarding aspects of its application remain. Clinical indications for the application of nasal CPAP vary greatly between institutions. Furthermore, defining the optimal...

Screening for retinopathy of prematurity: evaluation and modification of guidelines. (Echo).(Author Abstract)
May 1, 2003... Aims: To evaluate current screening guidelines for ROP (retinopathy of prematurity) and to determine whether they can be modified. Methods: In accordance with the authors' present criterion, infants born in Stockholm County, Sweden, from 1...

Neonatal meningitis. (Review).(care and treatment)
May 1, 2003... Twelve years ago an annotation was published in Archives of Disease in Childhood regarding the antibiotic treatment of suspected neonatal meningitis. The authors recommended the use of cephalosporins rather than chloramphenicol and advocated...

Long term outcome of neonatal meningitis. (Original Article).
May 1, 2003... Objectives: To quantify long term impairment after neonatal meningitis. Design: Longitudinal case-control study over 9-10 years. Subjects and methods: A total of 111 children who had suffered neonatal meningitis were seen and compared...

Congenital brachial palsy: incidence, causes, and outcome in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. (Original Article).
May 1, 2003... Objectives: To determine the incidence and study the causes and outcome of congenital brachial palsy (CBP). Design: Active surveillance of newborn infants using the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit notification system and follow up...

Health and school performance of teenagers born before 29 weeks gestation. (Original Article).
May 1, 2003... Objective: To ascertain the health and school performance of teenagers born before 29 weeks gestation (extremely low gestational age [ELGA]) and to compare those in mainstream school with classroom controls. Methods: Three geographically...

Non-viable delivery at 20-23 weeks gestation: observations and signs of life after birth. (Original Article).
May 1, 2003... Arch Dis Child Objective: To describe the outcome of labour, signs of life at birth, and duration of survival after delivery at 20-23 weeks gestation. Design: An observational study using data from the Confidential Enquiry into...

Low field strength magnetic resonance imaging of the neonatal brain. (Original Article).
May 1, 2003... Background: Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the neonate has been restricted by the need to transport the sick baby to the large magnetic resonance scanners and often the need for sedation or anaesthesia in order to obtain good quality...

Proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine responses in preterm infants with systemic infections. (Original Article).
May 1, 2003... Objective: A prospective study to investigate the pattern of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine responses in preterm infants with systemic infection. Methods: Very low birthweight infants in whom infection was suspected when...

Insulin in human milk: postpartum changes and effect of gestational age. (Original Article).
May 1, 2003... Objective: To determine if human milk insulin (HMI) concentrations are affected by gestational age and postnatal age. Design and setting: An observational study carried out in a level III neonatal intensive care unit. Insulin concentrations...

Respiratory responses to hypoxia/hypercapnia in small for gestational age infants influenced by maternal smoking. (Original Article).
May 1, 2003... Aim: To determine any variation in the respiratory responses to hypoxia/hypercapnia of infants born small for gestational age (SGA) to smoking and to non-smoking mothers. Methods: A total of 70 overage for gestational age (AGA) infants...

Cardiac output, pulmonary artery pressure, and patent ductus arteriosus during therapeutic cooling after global hypoxia-ischaemia. (Original Article).
May 1, 2003... Objective: To assess by Doppler echocardiography the effects of 24 hours of whole body mild hypothermia compared with normothermia on cardiac output (CO), pulmonary artery pressure (PAP), and the presence of a persistent ductus arteriosus (PDA)...

Updated gestational age specific birth weight, crown-heel length, and head circumference of Chinese newborns. (Original Article).
May 1, 2003... Hong Kong Neonatal Measurements Working Group Objective: To construct gestation specific standards of birth weight, crown-heel length, and head circumference of Chinese infants. Design: A prospective cross sectional population study....

Absence of leukaemic fusion gene transcripts in preterm infants exposed to diagnostic x rays. (Original Article).
May 1, 2003... Background: Childhood leukaemias express novel, clonotypic fusion genes that may already be present at birth before the clinical manifestation of leukaemia. Exposure of the fetus to diagnostic x rays is reported to increase the risk of...

Decreased neutrophil apoptosis in tracheal fluids of preterm infants at risk of chronic lung disease. (Original Article).
May 1, 2003... Objective: To investigate the hypothesis that preterm infants who are more susceptible to lung damage have decreased neutrophil apoptosis, and to explore its relation to interleukin 10 (IL10) concentration. Design: Prospective cohort...

Sporadic case of fatal encephalopathy with neonatal onset associated with a T158M missense mutation in MECP2. (Case Report).
May 1, 2003... The case of a male infant with neonatal encephalopathy and a de novo MECP2 mutation is reported. The presenting phenotype of decelerating head growth, spasticity, scoliosis, and central respiratory disturbance raised suspicions of the...

Hugh Downman, MD (1740-1809) of Exeter and his poem on infant care. (Perinatal Lessons From the Past).
May 1, 2003... Hugh Downman is best remembered for his poem on the care of infants in which he stressed the importance of breast feeding and proper examination. Hugh Downman, physician and poet, was born in 1740 at Newton House, Exeter. He was educated...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2003... If you have a burning desire to respond to a paper published in ADC or F&N, why not make use of our "rapid response" option? Log on to our website (www.archdischild.com), find the paper that interests you, click on "full text" and send your...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
May 1, 2003... In the CD Review (Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2003;88:F164) reviewed by C Wren, please note that the affiliation of the authors is published incorrectly. This should have read Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. Also, the web address in...