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Neonatology

Original research

• Original research: Neonatal death prediction scores: a systematic review and meta-analysis (24 December, 2024)

  Felipe C S Veloso, Carine R A Barros, Samir B Kassar, Ricardo Q Gurgel
• Original research: Risk of long-term ophthalmological complications in Taiwanese preterm infants: a nationwide cohort study (28 November, 2024)

  Chia-Yu Huang, Sio-Ian Tou, Heng-Jun Lin, Hung-Rong Yen
• Original research: What CPAP to use in the delivery room? Bench comparison of two methods to provide continuous positive airways pressure in neonates (5 November, 2024)

  Viktoria Gruber, Mark Brian Tracy, Murray Kenneth Hinder, Stephanie Morakeas, Mithilesh Dronavalli, Thomas Drevhammar
• Original research: Impact of non-invasive ventilation on microbial colonisation patterns in preterm infants: a single-centre study (2 November, 2024)

  Feixiang Luo, Wei Shi, Xiaoyan Fan, Mingming Zhou, Fei Shen, Haihong Zhu, Jihua Zhu, Zheng Chen
• Original research: Comparative analysis of INTERGROWTH-21st and Fenton growth charts for birthweight classification in a multiethnic Asian cohort: a cross-sectional study (2 November, 2024)

  Daniel Chan, Ruther Teo Zheng, Eirena Beh, Thurston Yan Jia Heng, Suresh Chandran, Fabian Yap
• Original research: Point prevalence, characteristics and treatment variations for preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in China: a ‘snapshot’ study (4 October, 2024)

  Jianhua Wang, Ge Yang, Zhiqiang Cai, Huayan Zhang
• Original research: In-utero transfer, survival-focused care and survival to 28-days at 22-24 weeks’ gestation pre- and post- implementation of an extreme prematurity management guideline in Victoria, Australia (21 October, 2024)

  Hannah G Gordon, Alexis Shub, Michael J Stewart, Stefan C Kane, Jeanie LY Cheong, Calum T Roberts, James Holberton, Rosemarie A Boland
• Original research: Retrospective analysis of volumes of manually expressed colostrum among healthy postnatal mothers at a tertiary care referral unit in South India. Not enough milk or not enough patience? (18 October, 2024)

  Anita H Nyamagoudar, Netra S Kannur, Vinod Chavan, Vijay Kulkarni
• Original research: Evaluation of efficacy of oral calcium phosphate as an adjunct to standard-of-care regular phototherapy in cases of neonatal jaundice: a hospital-based double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial (11 October, 2024)

  Arnab Ghorui, Bhabesh Kant Chowdhry, Pramod Kumar Manjhi, Pradeep Kumar, Chandra Mohan Kumar
• Original research: Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents born very preterm and its correlates: a cross-sectional study (10 October, 2024)

  Sarah R Haile, Gabriela P Peralta, Mark Adams, Ajay N Bharadwaj, Dirk Bassler, Alexander Moeller, Giancarlo Natalucci, Thomas Radtke, Susi Kriemler
• Original research: Point prevalence, characteristics and treatment variations for preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in China: a ‘snapshot’ study (4 October, 2024)

  Jianhua Wang, Ge Yang, Zhiqiang Cai, Huayan Zhang
• Original research: Changes in the intestinal microbiome of the preterm baby associated with stopping non-invasive pressure support: a prospective cohort study (3 October, 2024)

  Richard Hutchinson, William Wade, Michael Millar, Katherine Ansbro, Fiona Stacey, Kate Costeloe, Paul Fleming
• Original research: Mean platelet volume in preterm infants as a predictor of late-onset neonatal sepsis: a retrospective comparative study (2 October, 2024)

  Leah Leibovitch, Hagar Zohar, Ayelet Gavri-Beker, Abigail Goshen, Tzipora Strauss
• Original research: Multicentre external validation of the Neonatal Healthcare-associated infectiOn Prediction (NeoHoP) score: a retrospective case–control study (1 October, 2024)

  Lizel G Lloyd, Angela Dramowski, Adrie Bekker, Daynia Elizabeth Ballot, Cecilia Ferreyra, Birgitta Gleeson, Trusha Nana, Michael Sharland, Sithembiso Christopher Velaphi, Jeannette Wadula, Andrew Whitelaw, Mirjam Maria van Weissenbruch
• Original research: Non-invasive detection of bilirubin concentrations during the first week of life in a low-resource setting along the Thailand–Myanmar border (28 September, 2024)

  Germana Bancone, Mary Ellen Gilder, Elsie Win, Gornpan Gornsawun, Paw Khu Moo, Laypaw Archasuksan, Nan San Wai, Sylverine Win, Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn, Francois Nosten, Verena Ilona Carrara, Rose McGready
• Original research: Neonatal encephalopathy: a systematic review of reported treatment outcomes (25 September, 2024)

  Fiona Quirke, Linda Biesty, Malcolm Battin, Frank Harry Bloomfield, Mandy Daly, Elaine Finucane, Patricia Healy, Tim Hurley, Jamie J Kirkham, Eleanor Molloy, David M Haas, Shireen Meher, Elaine Ní Bhraonáin, Karen Walker, James Webbe, Declan Devane
• Original research: Surgery for intestinal injuries in very preterm infants: a Norwegian population-based study with a new approach to disease classification (18 September, 2024)

  Nina Clare Hapnes, Hans Jørgen Stensvold, Kristin Bjørnland, Thorstein Sæter, Hans Jørgen Timm Guthe, Ragnhild Støen, Sissel Jennifer Moltu, Arild Rønnestad, Claus Klingenberg
• Original research: Effectiveness and feasibility of continuous renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury in neonates weighing 3 kg or less: a two-centre, retrospective study (7 September, 2024)

  Yifan Sun, Jinglin Xu, Xiaoyun Chu, Weifeng Zhang, Xiaohui Gong, Dongmei Chen, Cheng Cai
• Original research: Plasma proteomic signature of neonates in the context of placental histological chorioamnionitis (4 September, 2024)

  Jing Liu, Die Liu, Qi Sun, Yunchao Su, Lijuan Tang, Haixiao Liang, Fang Ye, Yuanmei Chen, Qi Zhang
• Original research: Assessing the diagnostic accuracy of postnatal clinical scoring methods and foot length measurement for estimating gestational age and birthweight of newborns in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis (30 August, 2024)

  Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Thomas Mårtensson, Sumaira Khalid, Muhammad Uzair, Qammerulanissa Ali, Anum Rahim, Andreas Mårtensson, Sarah Saleem, Nick Brown
• Original research: Improvement of temperature surveillance of neonates in low-resource settings by a simple low-cost device: a descriptive study (17 August, 2024)

  Janneke Garvs, Orsolya Genzel-Boroviczény, Ajib Phiri, Andreas Schultz
• Original research: Performance and safety of the PRICO closed-loop oxygen saturation _targeting system in neonates: pragmatic multicentre cross-over study (TarOx Study) (16 July, 2024)

  Maria Wilinska, Thomas Bachman, Tomasz Szczapa, Katarzyna Wroblewska-Seniuk, Karolina Chojnacka, Beata Loniewska, Karolina Olszanska, Beata Rzepecka Weglarz, Katarzyna Janusz, Pawel Piwowarczyk, Wes Onland, G Jeroen Hutten, Ruud W van Leuteren, Anton H van Kaam
• Original research: Association of different doses of antenatal corticosteroids exposure with early major outcomes and early weight loss percentage in extremely preterm infants or extremely low birthweight infants: a multicentre cohort study (18 June, 2024)

  Shuaijun Li, Qi Feng, Xiaofang Huang, Xiuying Tian, Ying Zhou, Yong Ji, Shufen Zhai, Wei Guo, Rongxiu Zheng, Haijun Wang
• Original research: Clinical characteristics, associated comorbidities and hospital outcomes of neonates with sleep disordered breathing: a retrospective cohort study (18 June, 2024)

  Bhavesh Mehta, Karen Waters, Dominic Fitzgerald, Nadia Badawi
• Original research: Challenges and opportunities in neonatal sepsis management: insights from a survey among clinicians in 25 Sub-Saharan African countries (17 June, 2024)

  Flavia Rosa-Mangeret, Marc Dupuis, Juan Emmanuel Dewez, Lulu M Muhe, Noemie Wagner, Riccardo E Pfister
• Original research: Inflammatory imbalance in tracheal aspirate of very preterm newborns is associated with airway obstruction and lung function deficiencies at school age: a cohort study (10 June, 2024)

  Cecilia Hagman, Lars Björklund, Ingrid Hansen Pupp, Ellen Tufvesson
• Original research: Sex differences in the association of pretransfusion haemoglobin and cognition in preterm infants (8 June, 2024)

  Amanda M Benavides Mostek, Edward F Bell, Henry A Feldman, Cassandra D Josephson, Michael K Georgieff, Peg Nopoulos, Ravi Mangal Patel, Sean R Stowell, Martha Sola-Visner, Amy L Conrad
• Original research: Evaluating a Modified Use of the Kaiser Permanente Early-onset Sepsis Risk Calculator to Reduce Antibiotic Exposure: a Retrospective Study (6 June, 2024)

  Mohammed Yasir Alhindi, Faisal Ghazi Almalki, Saif Al Saif, Abdulaziz Almalahi, Mawaddah Hesham Alsaegh, Ahmed Mustafa, Mansour Abdullah AlQurashi
• Original research: Determinants of neural tube defect among newborns admitted to neonatal intensive care units of teaching hospitals in Gedeo Zone and Sidama Region, Southern Ethiopia: a case–control study (6 June, 2024)

  Addisu Getnet Zemeskel, Zerihun Figa, Rediet Gido, Getanew Aschalew Tesfa, Kasse Gebeyehu, Belete Destaw, Mesfin Abebe, Bekahegn Girma, Kirubel Biweta Bimer, Daniel Kebede Mekonnen
• Original research: Normal range and risk factors for deviating body temperatures during the first 24 hours in term-born infants under standardised care: an observational study (31 May, 2024)

  Lars Tveiten, Lien My Diep, Thomas Halvorsen, Trond Markestad
• Original research: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on neurodevelopmental outcomes of premature infants: a retrospective national cohort study (31 May, 2024)

  Tzu-Cheng Tseng, Teh-Ming Wang, Ya-Chi Hsu, Chung-Ting Hsu, Yi-Hsuan Lin, Ming-Chih Lin
• Original research: Comparative efficacy of volume expansion, inotropes and vasopressors in preterm neonates with probable transitional circulatory instability in the first week of life: a systematic review and network meta-analysis (20 May, 2024)

  Viraraghavan V Ramaswamy, Gunjana Kumar, Pullattayil Abdul kareem, Abhishek Somasekhara Aradhya, Pradeep Suryawanshi, Mohit Sahni, Supreet Khurana, Deepak Sharma, Kiran More
• Original research: At the threshold of viability: to resuscitate or not to resuscitate – the perspectives of Israeli neonatologists (15 May, 2024)

  Daniel Sperling, Arieh Riskin, Liron Borenstein-Levin, Ori Hochwald
• Original research: Use of digital technologies for staff education and training programmes on newborn resuscitation and complication management: a scoping review (15 May, 2024)

  Sayaka Horiuchi, Tasmyn Soller, Chloe Bykersma, Shan Huang, Rachel Smith, Joshua P Vogel
• Original research: Early versus late parenteral nutrition in term and late preterm infants: a randomised controlled trial (12 May, 2024)

  Kwi Moon, Elizabeth McKinnon, Kevin Croft, Trevor A Mori, Karen Simmer, Sanjay Patole, Shripada Rao
• Original research: Comparison of singleton and twin birth weight reference percentile curves by gestational age and sex in extremely preterm infants: a population-based study (16 April, 2024)

  Shuting Song, Zhicheng Zhu, Weiying Mao, Yan Zhu, Rong Zhang, Xinghe Bu, Heqin Li, Yanqing Han, Yuntao Cao, Yuan Gao, Yin-Ping Qiu, Guangyou Wei, Pingping Zhang, Jijian Xie, Min Wang, Chao Chen, Li Zhu
• Original research: Incidence and predictors of mortality among neonates admitted with birth asphyxia to neonatal intensive care unit of West Shewa Zone Public Hospitals, Central Ethiopia (5 April, 2024)

  Gemechu Gelan Bekele, Ephrem Yohannes Roga, Dajane Negesse Gonfa, Gonfa Moti Geda
• Original research: Reporting interhospital neonatal intensive care transport: international five-step Delphi-based template (2 April, 2024)

  Marit Bekkevold, Tone Solvik-Olsen, Fridtjof Heyerdahl, Astri Maria Lang, Jostein Hagemo, Marius Rehn
• Original research: Development of capability lists for neonatal critical care at three levels in China: a modified Delphi study (27 March, 2024)

  Xing Li, Lei Li, Qiuping Li, Lu Zhuang, Yanping Zhang, Pengpeng Li, Qian Zhang, Shan Zhang, Ting Li, Xiangyong Kong, Zhichun Feng
• Original research: Blood pressure trends following birth in infants born under 25 weeks’ gestational age: a retrospective cohort study (25 March, 2024)

  Emma Persad, Björn Brindefalk, Alexander Rakow
• Original research: Clinical cause of neonatal mortality in Iran: analysis of the national Iranian Maternal And Neonatal network (20 March, 2024)

  Abbas Habibelahi, Mohammad Heidarzadeh, Leila Abdollahi, Majzoubeh Taheri, Saber Ghaffari-Fam, Roshanak Vakilian, Amin Daemi
• Original research: Therapeutic hypothermia after perinatal asphyxia in Vietnam: medium-term outcomes at 18 months – a prospective cohort study (21 February, 2024)

  Hang Thi Thanh Tran, Ha Thi Le, Dien Minh Tran, Giang Thi Huong Nguyen, Lena Hellström-Westas, Tobias Alfven, Linus Olson
• Original research: Insulin resistance prior to term age in very low birthweight infants: a prospective study (10 February, 2024)

  Itay Zamir, Elisabeth Stoltz Sjöström, Johannes van den Berg, Estelle Naumburg, Magnus Domellöf
• Original research: Prevalence and causes of ocular disorders and visual impairment among preterm children in Ethiopia (7 February, 2024)

  Sadik Taju Sherief, Lulu M Muhe, Amha Mekasha, Asrat Demtse, Asim Ali
• Original research: Heated and humidified high flow therapy (HHHFT) in extreme and very preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS): a retrospective cohort from a tertiary care setting in Pakistan (12 January, 2024)

  Vikram Kumar Kessani, Fatima Hemani, Iqrar Ali, Sana Memon, Albar Soomro, Rija Zaheer, Jai K Das, Khalid N Haque, Syed Rehan Ali