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Cerebral injury and retinopathy as risk factors for blindness in extremely preterm infants. 脑损伤和视网膜病变是极早产儿失明的危险因素。
IF 3.9 2区 医学
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327707
Benjamin M Honan, Scott A McDonald, Colm P Travers, Vivek V Shukla, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, C Michael Cotten, Viral G Jain, Hope E Arnold, Nehal A Parikh, Jon E Tyson, Susan R Hintz, Stephen A Walker, Marie G Gantz, Abhik Das, Waldemar A Carlo
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Perinatal medicine's best treatment: how should we be using antenatal steroids? 围产期医学的最佳治疗方法:我们应该如何使用产前类固醇?
IF 3.9 2区 医学
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327418
Katherine Jane Pettinger, R Spencer, Sam J Oddie
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Intermittent sigh breaths during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in preterm infants: a randomised crossover study. 早产儿高频振荡通气期间的间歇性叹气:随机交叉研究。
IF 3.9 2区 医学
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327445
Judith Leigh Hough, Luke Jardine, Matthew James Hough, Michael Steele, Gorm Greisen, Christian Heiring
{"title":"Intermittent sigh breaths during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in preterm infants: a randomised crossover study.","authors":"Judith Leigh Hough, Luke Jardine, Matthew James Hough, Michael Steele, Gorm Greisen, Christian Heiring","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327445","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327445","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine if combining high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) with additional sigh breaths would improve end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) and oxygenation in preterm infants.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Prospective interventional crossover study.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Neonatal intensive care unit.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>Ventilated preterm infants <36 weeks corrected gestational age receiving HFOV.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Infants were randomly assigned to receive HFOV with sigh breaths followed by HFOV-only (or vice versa) for four alternating periods. Sigh breaths were delivered with an inspiratory time of 1 s, peak inspiratory pressure of 30 cmH<sub>2</sub>0 and frequency of three breaths/min.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Electrical impedance tomography measured the effect of sigh breaths on EELV and ventilation distribution. Physiological variables were recorded to monitor oxygenation. Measurements were taken at 30 and 60 min postchange of HFOV mode and compared with baseline.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sixteen infants (10 males, 6 females) with a median (range) gestational age at birth of 25.5 weeks (23-31), study weight of 950 g (660-1920) and a postnatal age of 25 days (3-49) were included in the study. The addition of sigh breaths resulted in a significantly higher global EELV (mean difference±95% CI) (0.06±0.05; p=0.04), with increased ventilation occurring in the posterior (dependent) and left lung segments, and improved oxygen saturations (3.31±2.10; p<0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Intermittent sigh breaths during HFOV were associated in the short-term with an increased EELV in the posterior and left lungs, and improved oxygen saturations in preterm infants.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":" ","pages":"297-302"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142456718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Response to: 'Randomised crossover study on pulse oximeter readings from different sensors in very preterm infants' by Sharma et al. 回应对 Sharma 等人撰写的 "早产儿使用不同传感器读取脉搏血氧仪读数的随机交叉研究 "的回应
IF 3.9 2区 医学
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327973
Christian Achim Maiwald, Christoph E Schwarz, Katrin Böckmann, Laila Springer, Christian F Poets, Axel R Franz
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Fantoms. 幽灵。
IF 3.9 2区 医学
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2025-328909
Ben J Stenson
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Effect of an oral stimulation protocol on breastfeeding among preterm infants: a randomised controlled trial. 口腔刺激方案对早产儿母乳喂养的影响:随机对照试验。
IF 3.9 2区 医学
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327494
Gopalakrishnan Jayapradha, Lakshmi Venkatesh, Prakash Amboiram, Radish Kumar Balasubramanium, Umamaheswari Balakrishnan
{"title":"Effect of an oral stimulation protocol on breastfeeding among preterm infants: a randomised controlled trial.","authors":"Gopalakrishnan Jayapradha, Lakshmi Venkatesh, Prakash Amboiram, Radish Kumar Balasubramanium, Umamaheswari Balakrishnan","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327494","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327494","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The objectives are to assess the effectiveness of a modified and adapted oral sensorimotor intervention (MA-OSMI) protocol for infants in India on the rate and performance of breastfeeding among preterm (PT) infants at discharge.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Single-centre randomised control trial.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Level III B neonatal intensive care unit in a quaternary care hospital in South India.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>A total of 76 PT infants born between 26 and 33<sup>+6</sup> weeks of gestational age, stratified into <30 weeks and 30-33<sup>+6</sup> weeks, were randomised to intervention group (MA-OSMI) or standard care (SC).</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>MA-OSMI in addition to SC versus SC alone. The stimulation included 12 techniques administered by the principal investigator. SC included kangaroo mother care and non-nutritive sucking.</p><p><strong>Outcome measures: </strong>Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) rate and breastfeeding performance at the time of discharge, assessed using standardised tools by clinician and mothers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Infants in MA-OSMI group (66%) had significantly higher EBF rate compared with the SC group (16%) (OR: 10.25; 95% CI: 3.41 to 30.80). Improved breastfeeding performance was noted as per the clinician's observation. Significantly lower scores for MA-OSMI groups (63.42±36.43) than SC groups (126.61±60.94) on mothers' ratings suggested better feeding skills.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Prefeeding oral stimulation contributed significantly to the achievement of EBF among PT infants at discharge. The present findings may benefit speech-language pathologists, paediatricians/neonatologists and nurses in the intervention of oral feeding among neonates.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":" ","pages":"313-318"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142638209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Delivery room dextrose gel for preterm hypoglycaemia (the GEHPPI study): a randomised placebo-controlled trial. 产房葡萄糖凝胶治疗早产儿低血糖症(GEHPPI 研究):随机安慰剂对照试验。
IF 3.9 2区 医学
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327313
Graham King, Julie Sloan, Peter Duddy, Anne O'Sullivan, Niamh Ó Catháin, Jan Miletin, Sharon Dempsey, Shirley Moore, Jyothsna R Purna, Christine McDermott, Margaret Moran, Jean James, Johannes Buca Letshwiti, Kryštof Tabery, Aneta Kubátová, Jan Janota, John Kelleher
{"title":"Delivery room dextrose gel for preterm hypoglycaemia (the GEHPPI study): a randomised placebo-controlled trial.","authors":"Graham King, Julie Sloan, Peter Duddy, Anne O'Sullivan, Niamh Ó Catháin, Jan Miletin, Sharon Dempsey, Shirley Moore, Jyothsna R Purna, Christine McDermott, Margaret Moran, Jean James, Johannes Buca Letshwiti, Kryštof Tabery, Aneta Kubátová, Jan Janota, John Kelleher","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327313","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327313","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Early hypoglycaemia at the time of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission is common in very/extreme preterm infants. This study aimed to determine whether buccal dextrose gel in the delivery room (DR) would improve rates of early hypoglycaemia in this population.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Randomised, blinded, placebo-controlled trial.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Four level-3 and one level-2 neonatal units.</p><p><strong>Patients: </strong>Inborn infants≤32+0 weeks gestational age (GA).</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Infants were randomised to 40% dextrose or placebo gel in the DR (≤29+0 GA: 0.5 mL gel, ≥29+1 GA: 1 mL gel).</p><p><strong>Main outcome measure: </strong>Hypoglycaemia (<1.8 mmol/L) measured at the time of first intravenous access at NICU admission.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Between November 2020 and August 2022, the recruitment rate was slow (impacted by the requirement for antenatal consent). This fact, coupled with finite research resources, led to a decision to end recruitment early. Data analysis of 169 newborns (33% of target sample size) showed no significant difference in the frequency of the primary outcome between dextrose 24/84 (29%) and placebo 25/85 (29%) groups (OR 0.95; 95% CI 0.49 to 1.86; p=0.88). A post-hoc analysis indicated that the trial had a low (47% conditional power) chance of detecting a statistically significant benefit from the intervention (had the target sample been achieved).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study showed no evidence of benefit of 40% dextrose gel on rates of hypoglycaemia at NICU admission. Management of these vulnerable newborns should continue to focus on vascular access and commencement of dextrose-containing intravenous fluids as early as possible.</p><p><strong>Trial registration number: </strong>NCT04353713.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":" ","pages":"319-325"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12013586/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Young adult reflections on life experiences following preterm birth: a cross-sectional descriptive study. 年轻人对早产后生活经历的反思:一项横断面描述性研究。
IF 3.9 2区 医学
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327862
Cheryl Anne Mackay, Caitlin Gray, Catherine Campbell, Mary Sharp
{"title":"Young adult reflections on life experiences following preterm birth: a cross-sectional descriptive study.","authors":"Cheryl Anne Mackay, Caitlin Gray, Catherine Campbell, Mary Sharp","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327862","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327862","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Increasingly, preterm-born children are entering adulthood as survival at earlier gestational ages improves. However, there is little understanding of the lived experience in preterm-born adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted including young adults from a regional birth cohort of infants born <33 weeks in Western Australia. Participants provided written reflections of their experiences growing up and included messages for future families experiencing preterm birth. Content analysis was conducted according to SRQR (Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research) guidelines. Ethics approval was granted by the Women and Newborn Health Service Ethics Committee.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Forty-one adults reflected on their life experiences, and 31 included messages for future families. Two predominant themes were (1) neonatal experiences and (2) experiences from childhood and adulthood which were divided into 'positive' and 'negative' subthemes. Participants made 44 references to the neonatal period: 31 (70.5%) 'challenging' including sickness (17, 54.8%), uncertainty (10, 32.3%), family separation (4, 12.9%); and 13 (29.5%) 'positive' including survival (6, 46.2%), support (5, 38.5%), strength (2, 15.4%). Childhood and adulthood was described as 'positive' in 119 (73.5%) references including a good life (41, 33.3%), supportive family (20, 16.3%), success (18, 14.6%), strength (18, 14.6%), gratitude (15, 12.2%), positive self-talk (7, 5.7%); and 'negative' in 43 (26.5%) including health challenges (19, 44.2%), school difficulties (10, 23.3%), family difficulties (9, 20.9%). Messages for future families included what to expect (56, 75.7%) and helpful advice (18, 24.3%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our preterm-born young adults predominantly describe positive life experiences of childhood and adulthood balanced with an awareness of particular challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":" ","pages":"326-333"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142680617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Infantile haemangioma initially considered to be a chemical burn. 婴儿血管瘤最初被认为是化学烧伤。
IF 3.9 2区 医学
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327489
Vimesh Parmar, Rinkal Madhudiya
{"title":"Infantile haemangioma initially considered to be a chemical burn.","authors":"Vimesh Parmar, Rinkal Madhudiya","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327489","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327489","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":" ","pages":"341"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141619186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Macronutrient concentrations in human milk beyond the first half year of lactation: a cohort study. 哺乳期前半年后母乳中的宏量营养素浓度:一项队列研究。
IF 3.9 2区 医学
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327319
Jacqueline Muts, Juliette I A Lukowski, Jos W R Twisk, Anne Schoonderwoerd, Johannes B van Goudoever, Britt J van Keulen, Chris H P Van Den Akker
{"title":"Macronutrient concentrations in human milk beyond the first half year of lactation: a cohort study.","authors":"Jacqueline Muts, Juliette I A Lukowski, Jos W R Twisk, Anne Schoonderwoerd, Johannes B van Goudoever, Britt J van Keulen, Chris H P Van Den Akker","doi":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327319","DOIUrl":"10.1136/archdischild-2024-327319","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Human milk composition is dynamic. While extensive research has focused on its macronutrient concentrations during the first 6 months of lactation, limited research exists for extended lactation periods. This study aims to examine the nutritional composition of human milk during these longer lactation phases.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A retrospective longitudinal cohort study performed within the National Dutch Human Milk Bank.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>We selected donors who had provided milk donations at least once after the 6-month postpartum mark.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>The Miris Human Milk Analyser was used to analyse macronutrient concentrations in the milk samples. Linear mixed models were used for longitudinal analysis of these concentrations, factoring in time variables established for six sequential lactation periods.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We analysed 820 milk samples from 86 women, collected between 5 weeks and 28 months postpartum. Initially, milk protein concentrations dropped over the first 8 months of lactation (diff = -0.19 g/dL, p<0.001) and stabilised between 8 and 18 months before increasing again by 0.21 (95% CI 0.06-0.21) g/dL. Carbohydrate concentrations remained steady throughout the study period. Fat concentrations were stable for the first 8 months but saw an increase afterwards. Post 18 months, the fat content saw a rise of 1.90 (95% CI 1.59-2.21) g/dL. The caloric density mirrored the pattern of the fat concentrations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The nutritional content of human milk does not decrease after 6 months of lactation. Therefore, human milk banks may accept donations from mothers up to 2 years post-birth.</p>","PeriodicalId":8177,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition","volume":" ","pages":"248-252"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12013562/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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