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Predictors of survival in children born with spina bifida
Background Spina bifida is associated with life-long disability and reduced survival, but the determinants of survival for those born with spina bifida remain poorly understood. This study describes ...
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Supplementation of a bovine milk formula with an oligosaccharide mixture increases counts of faecal bifidobacteria in preterm infants
Background: The establishment of a balanced intestinal microflora which may protect against infection is desirable for the preterm infant. Objective: To investigate the effect of a preterm formula ...
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Dermatoglyphic patterns, very low birth weight, and blood pressure in adolescence
FSID Unit of Perinatal and Paediatric Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Muspratt Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GB, UK AIMS To test the null hypotheses that finger and palm ...
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Surgeons and neonatologists views about surgical decision-making in necrotising enterocolitis
3 Neonatal Medicine, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK 4 Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health, Imperial College London, London, UK Objective To ...
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Seven-day versus 14-day antibiotic course for culture-proven neonatal sepsis: a multicentre randomised non-inferiority trial in a low and middle-income country ...
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Reduced calf muscle growth in NICU graduates compared with typically developing term infants: 12-month longitudinal study of infant muscle growth
Objective To evaluate growth of the triceps surae muscle over the first 12 months of life in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) graduates compared with typically developing (TD) infants. Design ...
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Risk factors for late onset gram-negative infections: a case–control study
2 Neonatal Unit, Rosie Hospital, Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK 3 Department of Medical Microbiology, St George's Hospital, London, UK 4 Child Health, St George's, University of London, London ...
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Impact of maternal obesity on neonatal heart rate and cardiac size
Correspondence to Dr Alan M Groves, Department of Pediatrics, Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78705, USA; alan.groves{at}austin.utexas.edu Results Mean (SD) heart ...
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Factor V Leiden and genetic defects of thrombophilia in childhood porencephaly
Dr Ulrike Nowak-Göttl, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Albert-Schweitzer- Str. 33, D - 48149 Münster, Germany. AIMS To determine to what extent the Arg 506 to ...
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Multi-drug resistant gram negative bacilli causing early neonatal sepsis in India
Objective To study the organisms causing early and late onset neonatal sepsis, with special reference to multi-drug resistant gram negative bacilli, at two neonatal units (one urban, one rural) in ...
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Blood glucose levels in a population of healthy, breast fed, term infants of appropriate size for gestational age
a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark, b Department of Neonatology Dr Joergensen, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Aalborg Hospital, P O Box 56, 9100 Aalborg, ...
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Genetics of neonatal hyperinsulinism
Dr B Glaser, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hadassah University Hospital, PO Box 12000, Jerusalem, Israel email: beng{at}cc.huji.ac.il Congenital hyperinsulinism (HI) is a clinically and ...