What’s new in the management of neonatal early-onset sepsis?
The expert guidelines highlighted in this review provide an evidence-based framework for approaching at-risk infants and allow for a more limited and standardised approach to antibiotic use. While these guidelines have significantly reduced antibiotic utilisation worldwide, optimally each unit would individualise their approach to early onset sepsis (EOS) based on the neonatal population they ...
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Management and investigation of neonatal encephalopathy: 2017 …
This review discusses an approach to determining the cause of neonatal encephalopathy, as well as current evidence on resuscitation and subsequent management of hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). Encephalopathy in neonates can be due to varied aetiologies in addition to hypoxic-ischaemia. A combination of careful history, examination and the judicious use of investigations can help ...
Surfactant therapy in late preterm and term neonates with …
Background There are no evidence-based recommendations for surfactant use in late preterm (LPT) and term infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Objective To investigate the safety and efficacy of surfactant in LPT and term infants with RDS. Methods Systematic review, meta-analysis and evidence grading. Interventions Surfactant therapy versus standard of care. Main outcome measures ...
Nucleated red blood cells in the fetus and newborn
Although nucleated red blood cells (nRBCs) are rarely found circulating in older children,1 they are commonly seen in the blood of newborns. They are primarily produced in the fetal bone marrow in response to erythropoietin and are stored in the marrow as precursors to reticulocytes and mature erythrocytes. Many acute and chronic stimuli cause increases in the number of circulating nRBCs from ...
The development of a tongue assessment tool to assist with …
Aim To produce a simple tool with good transferability to provide a consistent assessment of tongue appearance and function in infants with tongue-tie. Methods The Bristol Tongue Assessment Tool (BTAT) was developed based on clinical practice and with reference to the Hazelbaker Assessment Tool for Lingual Frenulum Function (ATLFF). This paper documents 224 tongue assessments using the BTAT.
Neonatal jaundice in infants born at 37 weeks: is NICE treating too ...
Neonatal jaundice affects approximately 60% of term and 80% of preterm infants within the first week of life. Gestation-based treatment threshold graphs by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence are used to guide jaundice management in the UK.1 NICE treatment thresholds at 37-week gestation are much lower compared with ≥38 weeks and also when compared with the previous and ...
Neonatal stroke | ADC Fetal & Neonatal Edition
Neonatal stroke encompasses a range of focal and multifocal ischaemic and haemorrhagic tissue injuries. This review will concentrate on focal brain injury that occurs as a consequence of arterial infarction, most frequently the left middle cerebral artery, or more rarely as a consequence of cerebral sinus venous thrombosis (CSVT). Both conditions are multifactorial in origin.
Muslim birth customs - ADC Fetal & Neonatal Edition
Over 20 000 babies are born annually to a population of approximately two million Muslims in the United Kingdom.1The overwhelming majority of British Muslims will respect the rites of passage recommended by Islamic teaching. The customs are many, and may seem unnecessarily rigid and prescriptive; however, to those within the tradition, they are deeply symbolic, coherent, and complementary.