Obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine guidelines

Neonatology

Guidelines, reviews, statements, recommendations, standards

Congenital hip dislocation

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Screening programmes for developmental dysplasia of the hip in newborn infants
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Developmental Dysplasia of the Hips [2006]
    • Orthopaedic Problems [2003]
• Sweden
  • Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
    • Anterior-dynamic ultrasound in the early detection of hip dislocation in newborns [2002]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Clinical Practice Guideline: Early Detection of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip [2000]
  • American College of Radiology
    • Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip - Child [2010]
    • ACR–AIUM Practice Guideline for the Performance of the Ultrasound Examination for Detection and Assessment of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip [2008]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® developmental dysplasia of the hip - child [2010]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Screening: Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip [2006]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip [2006]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Ultrasonography in screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip in newborns: systematic review [2005]
  • Radiology
    • Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip: Quality of Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy for US [2006]
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  • Guidelines
    • Newborn
    • Neonatal screening

Cystic fibrosis

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis
• United States of America
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis Evaluation of Benefits and Risks and Recommendations for State Newborn Screening Programs [2004]
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
    • Guidelines for Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis in Newborns through Older Adults: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Consensus Report [2008]
    • Guidelines for Implementation of Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening Programs: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Workshop Report [2007]
  • Lab Tests Online - American Association for Clinical Chemistry
    • Cystic Fibrosis
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Early Screening for Cystic Fibrosis in Newborns May Be Beneficial [2003]
    • Currently There is Insufficient Evidence to Support Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis [2000]
• Articles in journals
  • Israel Medical Association Journal
    • A comprehensive screening program for cystic fibrosis [2009]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn
    • Neonatal screening
    • Cystic fibrosis: prenatal screening and diagnosis

Inborn errors of metabolism

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Newborn screening for homocystinuria
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Metabolic Screening [2006]
    • Metabolic Disease - Investigation and Treatment [2001]
• United Kingdom
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Keeping newborn babies with a family history of MCADD safe in the first hours and days of life [2011]
• United States of America
  • American Association for Clinical Chemistry
    • Follow-up testing for metabolic diseases identified by expanded newborn screening using tandem mass spectrometry [2009]
  • American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
    • Pompe Disease Diagnosis and Management Guideline [2006]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Good Laboratory Practices for Biochemical Genetic Testing and Newborn Screening for Inherited Metabolic Disorders [2012]
  • National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry
    • Follow-up Testing for Metabolic Diseases Identified by Expanded Newborn Screening Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry [2009]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Follow-up testing for metabolic diseases identified by expanded newborn screening using tandem mass spectrometry. National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry [2009]
    • Screening for phenylketonuria (PKU): U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reaffirmation recommendation statement [2008]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Screening: Phenylketonuria [2008]
• Articles in journals
  • Human Genomics
    • Lysosomal storage disorders: Molecular basis and laboratory testing [2011]
  • Pediatrics
    • Lysosomal Storage Disorders in the Newborn [2009]
    • Newborn Screening for Pompe Disease: Synthesis of the Evidence and Development of Screening Recommendations [2007]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn
    • Neonatal screening

Kangaroo mother care

• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Kangaroo care for the preterm infant and family [2012]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Kangaroo mother care to reduce morbidity and mortality in low birthweight infants
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Kangaroo Mother Care - A practical Guide [2003]
• Articles in journals
  • British Medical Journal
    • Kangaroo Mother Care, an example to follow from developing countries [2004]
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
    • ‘Kangaroo mother care’ to prevent neonatal deaths due to preterm birth complications [2010]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn

Meconium aspiration syndrome

• Canada
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Management of meconium at birth. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2009]
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Management of meconium at birth [2009]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Surfactant for meconium aspiration syndrome in full term infants
    • Steroid therapy for meconium aspiration syndrome in newborn infants
    • Lung lavage for meconium aspiration syndrome in newborn infants
    • Endotracheal intubation at birth for preventing morbidity and mortality in vigorous, meconium-stained infants born at term
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Meconium-stained liquor and MAS [2004]
• United States of America
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Endotracheal Intubation Not Needed in the Vigorous Infant Delivered Through Meconium-Stained Amniotic Fluid [2000]
• WHO
  • WHO Reproductive Health Library
    • Endotracheal intubation at birth in vigorous term meconium stained babies [2002]
• Articles in journals
  • Neonatology
    • Surfactant lavage therapy for meconium aspiration syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2012]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn respiratory tract diseases

Necrotizing enterocolitis

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Slow advancement of enteral feed volumes to prevent necrotising enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants
    • Probiotics for prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants
    • Oral lactoferrin for the treatment of sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates
    • Oral lactoferrin for the prevention of sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants
    • Oral immunoglobulin for preventing necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm and low birth-weight neonates
    • Enteral antibiotics for preventing necrotizing enterocolitis in low birthweight or preterm infants
    • Arginine supplementation for prevention of necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants
• United States of America
  • American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
    • A.S.P.E.N. clinical guidelines: nutrition support of neonatal patients at risk for necrotizing enterocolitis [2012]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • A.S.P.E.N. clinical guidelines: nutrition support of neonatal patients at risk for necrotizing enterocolitis [2012]
    • Evidence-based care guideline for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) among very low birth weight infants. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center [2010]
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Oral Probiotics Prevent Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants [2009]
    • Oral Probiotics Reduce the Incidence & Severity of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants [2007]
    • There is No Difference in Mortality from Necrotizing Enterocolitis When Using A Peritoneal Drain versus Laparotomy [2006]
• Articles in journals
  • BMC Medicine
    • Evidence based guidelines for use of probiotics in preterm neonates [2011]
  • Pediatric Research
    • Biomarkers for Infants at Risk for Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Clues to Prevention? [2009]
  • Pediatric Surgery International
    • The timing of ostomy closure in infants with necrotizing enterocolitis: a systematic review [2012]
    • Microecology, intestinal epithelial barrier and necrotizing enterocolitis [2009]
  • Pediatrics
    • Transfusion Associated Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Meta-analysis of Observational Data [2012]
  • Surgical Infections
    • Role of the Host Defense System and Intestinal Microbial Flora in the Pathogenesis of Necrotizing Enterocolitis [2009]
    • Enterobacter sakazakii: An Emerging Pathogen in Infants and Neonates [2008]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn

Neonatal analgesia and anesthesia

• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Prevention and management of pain in the neonate: An update [2011]
    • Premedication for endotracheal intubation in the newborn infant [2011]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Ward reduction without general anaesthesia versus reduction and repair under general anaesthesia for gastroschisis in newborn infants
    • Sucrose for analgesia in newborn infants undergoing painful procedures
    • Regional (spinal, epidural, caudal) versus general anaesthesia in preterm infants undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy in early infancy
    • Prophylactic caffeine to prevent postoperative apnea following general anesthesia in preterm infants
    • Naloxone for preventing morbidity and mortality in newborn infants of greater than 34 weeks' gestation with suspected perinatal asphyxia
    • Naloxone for narcotic-exposed newborn infants
    • Intravenous midazolam infusion for sedation of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit
• Italy
  • Acta Paediatrica
    • Guidelines for procedural pain in the newborn [2009]
  • Società Italiana di Neonatologia
    • Guidelines for procedural pain in the newborn [2009]
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Sucrose Analgesia for Painful Neonatal Procedures [2004]
• United States of America
  • Academy of BreastFeeding Medicine
    • Non-pharmacologic management of procedure-related pain in the breastfeeding infant [2010]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Prevention and Management of Pain in the Neonate: An Update [2010]
    • Premedication for Nonemergency Endotracheal Intubation in the Neonate [2010]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Non-pharmacologic management of procedure-related pain in the breastfeeding infant. Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine [2010]
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Oral Glucose Is Effective for Treating Neonatal Pain [2004]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Is Oral Sucrose an Effective Analgesic in Neonates? [2003]
  • Medscape Journal of Medicine
    • Skin-to-Skin Contact Provides Analgesia to Neonates [2009]
  • Pediatrics
    • Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices to Improve Pain Management of Neonates [2006]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn

Neonatal cardiovascular diseases

• Europe
  • European Society of Cardiology
    • Guidelines for the interpretation of the neonatal electrocardiogram [2002]
• India
  • Indian Pediatrics
    • Consensus on timing of intervention for common congenital heart disease [2008]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Thyroid hormone supplementation for the prevention of morbidity and mortality in infants undergoing cardiac surgery
    • The effect of inotropes on morbidity and mortality in preterm infants with low systemic or organ blood flow
    • Prophylactic surgical ligation of patent ductus arteriosus for prevention of mortality and morbidity in extremely low birth weight infants
    • Epinephrine for the resuscitation of apparently stillborn or extremely bradycardic newborn infants
    • Dopamine versus dobutamine for hypotensive preterm infants
    • Corticosteroids for treating hypotension in preterm infants
    • Adrenaline for prevention of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants with cardiovascular compromise
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Screening for Congenital Heart Disease in First Degree Relatives [2007]
    • Congenital Heart Disease [2004]
    • Antenatally Diagnosed Major Congenital Heart Disease. Management at Delivery and in NICU [2004]
    • Neonatal Hypertension [2003]
    • Neonatal Hypotension [2000]
• United Kingdom
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Pulse oximetry as a screening test for congenital heart defects in newborn infants: a test accuracy study with evaluation of acceptability and cost-effectiveness [2012]
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Hybrid procedure for interim management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome in neonates [2007]
    • Percutaneous fetal balloon valvuloplasty for pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum [2006]
    • Percutaneous fetal balloon valvuloplasty for aortic stenosis [2006]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Endorsement of Health and Human Services Recommendation for Pulse Oximetry Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease [2011]
    • Noninherited Risk Factors and Congenital Cardiovascular Defects: Current Knowledge [2007]
  • American Heart Association
    • Role of Pulse Oximetry in Examining Newborns for Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics [2009]
    • Noninherited Risk Factors and Congenital Cardiovascular Defects: Current Knowledge: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young: Endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics [2007]
    • Genetic Basis for Congenital Heart Defects: Current Knowledge: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Congenital Cardiac Defects Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young: Endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics [2007]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Newborn Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease: Potential Roles of Birth Defects Surveillance Programs — United States, 2010–2011 [2012]
  • National Association of Neonatal Nurses
    • The Management of Hypotension in the Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infant: Guideline for Practice [2011]
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • No Difference in the Effectiveness of Albumin Versus Normal Saline for the Treatment of Hypotension in Mechanically Ventilated Preterm Infants [2006]
    • Pulse Oximetry is Effective in Screening for Congenital Heart Disease in Well-Appearing Newborns [2003]
• Articles in journals
  • Arthritis Research & Therapy
    • Anti-SSA/Ro antibodies and the heart: more than complete congenital heart block? A review of electrocardiographic and myocardial abnormalities and of treatment options [2005]
  • Circulation
    • Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome With Intact or Highly Restrictive Atrial Septum: Outcome After Neonatal Transcatheter Atrial Septostomy [2004]
  • Clinical Research in Cardiology
    • Molecular genetics of congenital atrial septal defects [2009]
  • Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
    • For neonates undergoing cardiac surgery does thymectomy as opposed to thymic preservation have any adverse immunological consequences? [2010]
    • Does ABO-incompatible and ABO-compatible neonatal heart transplant have equivalent survival? [2010]
  • Neonatology
    • Insights into the Pathogenesis and Genetic Background of Patency of the Ductus Arteriosus [2009]
  • Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
    • Tetralogy of Fallot [2009]
    • Patent arterial duct [2009]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Patent ductus arteriosus
    • Newborn
    • Neonatal screening

Neonatal circumcision

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Pain relief for neonatal circumcision
    • Lidocaine-prilocaine cream for analgesia during circumcision in newborn boys
• Ireland
  • Department of Health Ireland
    • Cultural male circumcision : report of committee [2006]
• United Kingdom
  • Scottish Government Health Directorates
    • Religious Male Circumcision [2008]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Male Circumcision [2012]
    • Circumcision Policy Statement [2012]
  • American Urological Association
    • Circumcision [2012]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Trends in In-Hospital Newborn Male Circumcision --- United States, 1999--2010 [2011]
• Articles in journals
  • BMC Urology
    • Complications of circumcision in male neonates, infants and children: a systematic review [2010]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn

Neonatal feeding

• Germany
  • German Society for Nutritional Medicine
    • Neonatology/Paediatrics – Guidelines on Parenteral Nutrition, Chapter 13 [2009]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Vitamin E supplementation for prevention of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants
    • Transpyloric versus gastric tube feeding for preterm infants
    • Selenium supplementation to prevent short-term morbidity in preterm neonates
    • Restricted versus liberal water intake for preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm infants
    • Probiotics in infants for prevention of allergic disease and food hypersensitivity
    • Prebiotics in infants for prevention of allergic disease and food hypersensitivity
    • Percutaneous central venous catheters versus peripheral cannulae for delivery of parenteral nutrition in neonates
    • Nutrient-enriched formula versus standard term formula for preterm infants following hospital discharge
    • Non-nutritive sucking for promoting physiologic stability and nutrition in preterm infants
    • Nasal versus oral route for placing feeding tubes in preterm or low birth weight infants
    • Longchain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in preterm infants
    • Longchain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in infants born at term
    • Lactase treated feeds to promote growth and feeding tolerance in preterm infants
    • Iodine supplementation for the prevention of mortality and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants
    • Intravenous in-line filters for preventing morbidity and mortality in neonates
    • Interventions for the prevention of nutritional rickets in term born children
    • Higher versus lower protein intake in formula-fed low birth weight infants
    • High versus low medium chain triglyceride content of formula for promoting short term growth of preterm infants
    • Glutamine supplementation to prevent morbidity and mortality in preterm infants
    • Feed thickener for newborn infants with gastro-oesophageal reflux
    • Erythromycin for the prevention and treatment of feeding intolerance in preterm infants
    • Effect of taurine supplementation on growth and development in preterm or low birth weight infants
    • Early versus delayed initiation of progressive enteral feedings for parenterally fed low birth weight or preterm infants
    • Early trophic feeding for very low birth weight infants
    • Early introduction of lipids to parenterally-fed preterm infants
    • Early discharge with home support of gavage feeding for stable preterm infants who have not established full oral feeds
    • Cysteine, cystine or N-acetylcysteine supplementation in parenterally fed neonates
    • Continuous nasogastric milk feeding versus intermittent bolus milk feeding for premature infants less than 1500 grams
    • Carnitine supplementation of parenterally fed neonates
    • Breastfeeding or breast milk for procedural pain in neonates
    • Ad libitum or demand/semi-demand feeding versus scheduled interval feeding for preterm infants
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Neonatal Intravenous Nutrition [2007]
    • Short Term Enteral Feeding in NICU [2006]
    • Percutaneous Central Venous Catheter (Longline) Insertion [2006]
    • Neonatal Nutrition Guideline [2006]
    • Withholding Feeds and Management of Bilious Aspirates and Vomiting [2005]
    • Feeding on the postnatal ward [2001]
• United States of America
  • American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
    • A.S.P.E.N. clinical guidelines: hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia in the neonate receiving parenteral nutrition [2012]
    • A.S.P.E.N. clinical guidelines: nutrition support of neonates supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation [2010]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • A.S.P.E.N. clinical guidelines: hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia in the neonate receiving parenteral nutrition [2012]
    • A.S.P.E.N. clinical guidelines: nutrition support of neonates supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation [2010]
• WHO
  • WHO Reproductive Health Library
    • Vitamin A supplementation for preventing morbidity and mortality in very-low-birth-weight infants [2008]
  • World Health Organization
    • Report: WHO technical consultation on vitamin A in newborn health: mechanistic studies [2012]
    • Guideline: neonatal vitamin A supplementation [2011]
• Articles in journals
  • British Medical Journal
    • Neonatal vitamin A supplementation for prevention of mortality and morbidity in infancy: systematic review of randomised controlled trials [2009]
    • Feeding the preterm infant [2004]
  • Clinics in Perinatology
    • The gustatory and olfactory systems during infancy: Implications for development of feeding behaviors in the high risk neonate [2011]
  • Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery
    • Oral and respiratory control for preterm feeding [2009]
  • Indian Pediatrics
    • Total parenteral nutrition in neonates [2006]
  • World Journal of Gastroenterology
    • Nutritional management of newborn infants: practical guidelines [2008]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn
    • Breastfeeding

Neonatal hearing loss

• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Universal newborn hearing screening [2011]
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Early Hearing and Communication Development [2005]
• China
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Cost-effectiveness analysis of neonatal hearing screening program in China: should universal screening be prioritized? [2012]
• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong Medical Journal
    • Newborn hearing screening in Hong Kong [2006]
• Malaysia
  • Ministry of Health Malaysia
    • Guidelines For High Risk Neonatal Hearing Screening [2009]
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Auditory Testing [2006]
• Singapore
  • Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore
    • Universal newborn hearing screening in Singapore: the need, implementation and challenges [2005]
• Spain
  • Acta Otorrinolaringológica Española
    • Early hearing detection and intervention: 2010 CODEPEH recommendation [2010]
• Sweden
  • Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
    • Universal newborn hearing screening [2004]
• United Kingdom
  • NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
    • NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Supplement to the JCIH 2007 Position Statement: Principles and Guidelines for Early Intervention After Confirmation That a Child Is Deaf or Hard of Hearing [2013]
    • Hearing Assessment in Infants and Children: Recommendations Beyond Neonatal Screening [2009]
    • Principles and Guidelines for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs [2007]
    • Noise: A Hazard for the Fetus and Newborn [1997]
  • American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
    • Etiologic Diagnosis of Congenital Hearing Loss [2002]
  • CDC National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
    • Hearing Loss
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Universal screening for hearing loss in newborns: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement [2008]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Screening: Newborn Hearing Loss [2008]
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Intervention at Less Than Six Months of Age Improves Language Outcomes for Children With Hearing Loss or Deafness [2001]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Universal Newborn Hearing Screening [2007]
  • Australian Prescriber
    • Newborn hearing screening [2003]
  • Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
    • Early Detection of Hearing Impairment in Newborns and Infants [2011]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn
    • Neonatal screening

Neonatal hematologic disorders

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Thrombolytic agents for arterial and venous thromboses in neonates
    • Neonatal screening for sickle cell disease
    • Continuous heparin infusion to prevent thrombosis and catheter occlusion in neonates with peripherally placed percutaneous central venous catheters
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Investigation of Possible Haematological Disorders in Neonates [2007]
• United Kingdom
  • British Society for Haematology
    • Guideline on the management of haemophilia in the fetus and neonate [2011]
• United States of America
  • American College of Chest Physicians
    • Antithrombotic therapy in neonates and children: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines [2012]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Antithrombotic therapy in neonates and children: antithrombotic therapy and prevention of thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines [2012]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Screening: Sickle Cell Disease in Newborns [2007]
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Iron-Fortified Formulas Provide Adequate Iron for Preterm Infants to Prevent Iron Deficiency Anemia [2006]
• Articles in journals
  • American Journal of Clinical Pathology
    • Issues in Neonatal Cellular Analysis [2009]
  • BMC Pediatrics
    • Benefits of Iron supplementation for low birth weight infants: A systematic review [2012]
  • Hematology
    • Newborn screening for non-sickling hemoglobinopathies [2009]
  • Pediatrics
    • Iron Homeostasis in the Neonate [2009]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Vitamin K deficiency bleeding
    • Newborn
    • Neonatal transfusion
    • Neonatal thrombocytopenia
    • Neonatal screening
    • Hematologic diseases in pregnancy
    • Anemia and hemoglobinopathies

Neonatal hypoglycemia

• Australia
  • Queensland Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines Program
    • Hypoglycaemia - neonatal [2012]
• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Screening guidelines for newborns at risk for low blood glucose [2013]
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Neonatal Hypoglycemia [2003]
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Guidelines for the Management of Hypoglycaemia [2004]
• United States of America
  • Academy of BreastFeeding Medicine
    • Guidelines for glucose monitoring and treatment of hypoglycemia in breastfed neonates [2006]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Postnatal Glucose Homeostasis in Late-Preterm and Term Infants [2011]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Neonatal hypoglycemia: initial and follow up management. Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center [2004]
• Articles in journals
  • Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
    • Hypoglycemia in Critically Ill Children [2012]
  • Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
    • Mini-review: Management of Hypoglycaemia in Children Aged 0–59 Months [2009]
  • Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
    • Congenital Hyperinsulinism: Current Trends in Diagnosis and Therapy [2011]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn
    • Neonatal screening

Neonatal jaundice

• Australia
  • Queensland Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines Program
    • Supplement: Neonatal jaundice [2012]
    • Jaundice - neonatal [2012]
• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Guidelines for detection, management and prevention of hyperbilirubinemia in term and late preterm newborn infants [2011]
• India
  • Indian Academy of Pediatrics
    • Consensus report on neonatal cholestasis syndrome [2000]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Single versus double volume exchange transfusion in jaundiced newborn infants
    • Prophylactic phototherapy for preventing jaundice in preterm or low birth weight infants
    • Metalloporphyrins for treatment of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in neonates
    • Fibreoptic phototherapy for neonatal jaundice
    • Early intravenous nutrition for the prevention of neonatal jaundice
• Malaysia
  • Ministry of Health Malaysia
    • Clinical Practice Guidelines on Management of Jaundice in Healthy Term Newborns [2003]
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia [2007]
    • Prolonged and Late-Onset Jaundice [2004]
    • Neonatal Jaundice on the Postnatal Ward [2001]
    • Neonatal Jaundice [2001]
• South Africa
  • South African Medical Journal
    • Phototherapy and exchange transfusion for neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia: neonatal academic hospitals' consensus guidelines for South African hospitals and primary care facilities [2006]
• United Kingdom
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Neonatal jaundice. National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health [2010]
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Neonatal jaundice - NICE Pathways [2011]
    • Neonatal jaundice [2010]
• United States of America
  • Academy of BreastFeeding Medicine
    • Guidelines for Management of Jaundice in the Breastfeeding Infant Equal to or Greater Than 35 Weeks’ Gestation [2010]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Phototherapy to Prevent Severe Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation [2011]
    • An Evidence-Based Review of Important Issues Concerning Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia [2004]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Guidelines for management of jaundice in the breastfeeding infant equal to or greater than 35 weeks' gestation. Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine [2010]
    • Screening of infants for hyperbilirubinemia to prevent chronic bilirubin encephalopathy: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement [2009]
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    • Research on Prevention of Bilirubin-Induced Brain Injury and Kernicterus: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Conference Executive Summary [2004]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Screening: Hyperbilirubinemia in Infants [2009]
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Giving ß-Glucuronidase Inhibitors During the First Week of Life Reduces Jaundice in Breastfed Infants [2007]
    • Fiberoptic Phototherapy Is As Effective In Treating Hyperbilirubinemia in Premature Infants When Compared To Conventional Phototherapy [2006]
    • Transcutaneous Bilirubin Measurement is as Effective as Laboratory Serum Bilirubin Measurement at Detecting Hyperbilirubinemia [2002]
    • A Predischarge Hour-Specific Serum Bilirubin Level May be Useful as a Screening Tool to Predict which Healthy Newborns are at Risk for Developing Significant Hyperbilirubinemia [2002]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • A Practical Approach to Neonatal Jaundice [2008]
  • Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
    • Transcutaneous Bilirubin Nomograms: A Systematic Review of Population Differences and Analysis of Bilirubin Kinetics [2009]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Early diagnosis of neonatal cholestatic jaundice: Test at 2 weeks [2009]
  • Clinical Chemistry
    • Unbound (Free) Bilirubin: Improving the Paradigm for Evaluating Neonatal Jaundice [2009]
    • Hyperbilirubinemia and Transcutaneous Bilirubinometry [2009]
    • Urgent Clinical Need for Accurate and Precise Bilirubin Measurements in the United States to Prevent Kernicterus [2004]
  • Indian Pediatrics
    • Clofibrate for unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in neonates: a systematic review [2012]
    • For a Safer Outcome with Newborn Jaundice [2004]
  • Pediatrics
    • Systematic Review of Screening for Bilirubin Encephalopathy in Neonates [2009]
    • Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant =35 Weeks’ Gestation: An Update With Clarifications [2009]
    • Vigintiphobia Revisited [2005]
    • An Evidence-Based Review of Important Issues Concerning Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia [2004]
    • Phototherapy Use in Jaundiced Newborns in a Large Managed Care Organization: Do Clinicians Adhere to the Guideline? [2003]
    • Bilirubin Genetics for the Nongeneticist: Hereditary Defects of Neonatal Bilirubin Conjugation [2003]
• {Related topics}
  • Clinical tools, medical calculators, unit conversions, statistics, clinical research tools
    • Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia : Clinical tools, medical calculators
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn

Neonatal resuscitation

• Australia
  • Queensland Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines Program
    • Supplement: Resuscitation - neonatal [2011]
    • Resuscitation - neonatal [2011]
• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Neonatal resuscitation guidelines update: A case-based review [2011]
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Neonatal Resuscitation [2009]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Sodium bicarbonate infusion during resuscitation of infants at birth
    • Positive end-expiratory pressure for resuscitation of newborn infants at birth
    • Laryngeal mask airway versus bag-mask ventilation or endotracheal intubation for neonatal resuscitation
    • Air versus oxygen for resuscitation of infants at birth
  • Pediatrics
    • Neonatal Resuscitation: 2010 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations [2010]
  • Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
    • Comparative Study of the Functionality and Acceptability of Four Neonatal Resuscitation Devices [2008]
    • Practical Selection of Neonatal Resuscitators, Version 2: A Field Guide [2006]
    • Global Inventory of Neonatal Resuscitators [2006]
    • An Investigation Into the Context of Use and Functionality of Neonatal Resuscitator Devices [2005]
• Singapore
  • Singapore Medical Journal
    • Newborn and paediatric resuscitation 2011 guidelines [2011]
• United Kingdom
  • Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York
    • Lower versus Higher Oxygen Concentration for Delivery Room Stabilisation of Preterm Neonates: Systematic Review [2012]
  • Joint Royal Colleges Service Liaison Committee
    • Newborn life support [2006]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Training and Maintenance of Skills for Professionals Responsible for Resuscitation of Babies at Birth [2006]
• United States of America
  • American Heart Association
    • Neonatal Resuscitation: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care [2010]
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Little Evidence Supports the Use of Sodium Bicarbonate in Neonatal Resuscitation [2006]
    • Room Air is Not Superior to 100% Oxygen in the Resuscitation of Asphyxiated Newborn Infants [2000]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Basic newborn resuscitation - a practical guide [1998]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Neonatal Resuscitation: An Update [2011]
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood
    • Should carbon dioxide detectors be used to check correct placement of endotracheal tubes in preterm and term neonates? [2011]
  • BMC Public Health
    • Neonatal resuscitation and immediate newborn assessment and stimulation for the prevention of neonatal deaths: a systematic review, meta-analysis and Delphi estimation of mortality effect [2011]
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
    • Neonatal resuscitation in low-resource settings: What, who, and how to overcome challenges to scale up? [2009]
  • Respiratory Care
    • Resuscitation in the Delivery Room: Lung Protection From the First Breath [2011]
  • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
    • Newborn resuscitation: defining best practice for low-income settings [2006]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn respiratory tract diseases

Neonatal screening

• Canada
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Newborn Screening [2010]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Venepuncture versus heel lance for blood sampling in term neonates
• Ireland
  • Department of Health Ireland
    • Review of Current Policy for the Retention of Newborn Screening Cards [2012]
• Netherlands
  • Health Council of the Netherlands
    • Neonatal Screening [2005]
• United Kingdom
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Communication of carrier status information following universal newborn screening for sickle cell disorders and cystic fibrosis: qualitative study of experience and practice [2009]
  • Human Genetics Commission
    • Profiling the Newborn [2005]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Newborn Screening Expands: Recommendations for Pediatricians and Medical Homes Implications for the System [2008]
  • American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
    • Newborn screening ACT sheets and confirmatory algorithms [2006]
    • Newborn Screening: Toward a Uniform Screening Panel and System [2006]
  • CDC Newborn Screening
    • CDC Newborn Screening
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • CDC Grand Rounds: Newborn Screening and Improved Outcomes [2012]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Expanding Newborn Screening: Process, Policy, and Priorities [2008]
  • Utah Department of Health
    • Newborn Screening
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Expanded Newborn Screening: Information and Resources for the Family Physician [2008]
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
    • The Long Quest for Neonatal Screening for SCID [2012]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Does every baby get a newborn screening test? [2003]
  • Pediatrics
    • Introduction to the Newborn Screening Fact Sheets [2006]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Retinopathy of prematurity
    • Prenatal screening and diagnosis
    • Newborn
    • Neonatal thyroid disorders
    • Neonatal hypoglycemia
    • Neonatal hematologic disorders
    • Neonatal hearing loss
    • Neonatal cardiovascular diseases
    • Inborn errors of metabolism
    • Cystic fibrosis
    • Congenital hip dislocation

Neonatal services, neonatal intensive care units

• Australia
  • Queensland Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines Program
    • Supplement: Stabilisation for retrieval - neonatal [2011]
    • Neonatal stabilisation for retrieval [2011]
  • Women & Newborn Health Service - Western Australia
    • Neonatology Clinical Care Unit
• China
  • Neonatology
    • Development of neonatal respiratory and intensive care: Chinese perspectives [2012]
• International
  • Acta Paediatrica
    • Closeness and separation in neonatal intensive care [2012]
  • Cochrane Library
    • In-service training for health professionals to improve care of the seriously ill newborn or child in low and middle-income countries
  • European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging
    • Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Practice Guidelines and Recommendations for Training [2011]
• United Kingdom
  • British Association of Perinatal Medicine
    • Matching Knowledge and Skills for Qualified in Specialty (QIS) Neonatal Nurses: a core syllabus for clinical competency [2012]
    • Service Standards for Hospitals Providing Neonatal Care [2010]
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Quality standard for specialist neonatal care [2010]
  • Scottish Government Health Directorates
    • Maternity Services Action Group (MSAG): Neonatal Services Sub Group: Review of Neonatal Services in Scotland [2009]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Levels of Neonatal Care [2012]
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    • Evidence-based design of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) [2011]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Best evidence statement (BESt). Evidence-based design of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center [2011]
• Articles in journals
  • Pediatrics
    • Using Organizational Assessment Surveys for Improvement in Neonatal Intensive Care [2003]
    • Using Economic Information in a Quality Improvement Collaborative [2003]
    • NIC/Q 2000: Establishing Habits for Improvement in Neonatal Intensive Care Units [2003]
    • Implementing Potentially Better Practices for Multidisciplinary Team Building: Creating a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Culture of Collaboration [2003]
    • Implementing Potentially Better Practices for Improving Family-Centered Care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Successes and Challenges [2003]
    • Evaluation, Development, and Implementation of Potentially Better Practices in Neonatal Intensive Care Nutrition [2003]
    • Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices for Improving Family-Centered Care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units [2003]
    • Development of Potentially Better Practices for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit as a Culture of Collaboration: Communication, Accountability, Respect, and Empowerment [2003]
  • PLoS Medicine
    • Care Seeking for Neonatal Illness in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review [2012]
  • Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
    • Early postnatal hospital discharge: the consequences of reducing length of stay for women and newborns [2011]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn

Neonatal thrombocytopenia

• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Neonatal Thrombocytopenia [2003]
    • Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia [2003]
• Articles in journals
  • Seminars in Perinatology
    • New insights into the mechanisms of nonimmune thrombocytopenia in neonates [2009]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Neonatal hematologic disorders

Neonatal thyroid disorders

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Thyroid hormones for preventing neurodevelopmental impairment in preterm infants
    • Prophylactic postnatal thyroid hormones for prevention of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants
    • Postnatal thyroid hormones for respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants
    • Postnatal thyroid hormones for preterm infants with transient hypothyroxinaemia
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Investigation of infants of mothers with Thyroid Disease [2002]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Update of Newborn Screening and Therapy for Congenital Hypothyroidism [2012]
  • Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society
    • Update of Newborn Screening and Therapy for Congenital Hypothyroidism [2006]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Screening for congenital hypothyroidism: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reaffirmation recommendation statement [2008]
  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    • Screening: Congenital Hypothyroidism [2008]
• Articles in journals
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Approach to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neonatal Hypothyroidism [2011]
  • Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology
    • Update on Some Aspects of Neonatal Thyroid Disease [2010]
  • Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
    • Congenital hypothyroidism [2010]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Thyroid diseases in pregnancy
    • Newborn
    • Neonatal screening

Neonatal transfusion

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Late erythropoietin for preventing red blood cell transfusion in preterm and/or low birth weight infants
    • Early versus late erythropoietin for preventing red blood cell transfusion in preterm and/or low birth weight infants
    • Early erythropoietin for preventing red blood cell transfusion in preterm and/or low birth weight infants
  • Seminars in Perinatology
    • International Survey of Transfusion Practices for Extremely Premature Infants [2012]
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Exchange Transfusion [2004]
    • Red Cell Transfusions [2003]
• United States of America
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Erythropoietin Does Not Reduce Early Transfusion (<10 DOL) in ELBW Infants [2006]
• Articles in journals
  • Clinics in Perinatology
    • Anemia in the preterm infant: Erythropoietin versus erythrocyte transfusion — It’s not that simple [2009]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Neonatal hematologic disorders

Neonatal urologic diseases

• United States of America
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Screening of the neonate/infant with prenatal hydronephrosis. In: Management and screening of primary vesicoureteral reflux in children: AUA guideline [2010]
• Articles in journals
  • Current Opinion in Pediatrics
    • Postnatal evaluation of infants with an abnormal antenatal renal sonogram [2009]
  • Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases
    • Glomerular Function in Neonates [2012]
  • Pediatrics
    • Neonatal Renal Vein Thrombosis: Review of the English-Language Literature Between 1992 and 2006 [2007]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn

Newborn

• Afghanistan
  • Ministry of Public Health Afghanistan
    • Management of the sick young infant birth up to 2 months [2009]
• Australia
  • Queensland Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines Program
    • Examination of the newborn [2011]
• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Positional plagiocephaly [2011]
    • Fetus and Newborn Committee - Position statements and practice points
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Newborn nursing care pathway [2011]
    • Neonatal Thermoregulation [2003]
• India
  • Indian Pediatrics
    • The Challenge of Neonatal Mortality in India [2004]
• Indonesia
  • Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
    • ASUH (Awal Sehat Untuk Hidup Sehat): Improving the Health of Newborns in Indonesia: Final Report [2003]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Umbilical artery catheters in the newborn: effects of position of the catheter tip
    • Umbilical artery catheters in the newborn: effects of heparin
    • Umbilical artery catheters in the newborn: effects of catheter materials
    • Umbilical artery catheters in the newborn: effects of catheter design (end vs side hole)
    • Radiant warmers versus incubators for regulating body temperature in newborn infants
    • Multiple versus single lumen umbilical venous catheters for newborn infants
    • Late versus early surgical correction for congenital diaphragmatic hernia in newborn infants
    • Heparin for prolonging peripheral intravenous catheter use in neonates
    • Gowning by attendants and visitors in newborn nurseries for prevention of neonatal morbidity and mortality
    • Continuous infusion versus intermittent flushing to prevent loss of function of peripheral intravenous catheters used for drug administration in newborn infants
    • Clinical decision support systems for neonatal care
    • Audio recordings of consultations with doctors for parents of critically sick babies
  • PLoS Medicine
    • Neonatal Mortality Levels for 193 Countries in 2009 with Trends since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of Progress, Projections, and Priorities [2011]
• Italy
  • BMC Pediatrics
    • The impact of national and international guidelines on newborn care in the nurseries of Piedmont and Aosta Valley, Italy [2005]
• Malaysia
  • Ministry of Health Malaysia
    • Report of the Malaysian National Neonatal Registry 2006 [2006]
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Down Syndrome [2007]
    • Ankyloglossia - Tongue Tie [2005]
    • Newborn Clinical Guidelines
• Republic of Korea
  • Journal of Korean Medical Science
    • Decreasing Trends of Neonatal and Infant Mortality Rates in Korea: Compared with Japan, USA, and OECD Nations [2011]
• Sweden
  • Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
    • Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program [2006]
• United Kingdom
  • British Association of Perinatal Medicine
    • Guidelines for the Investigation of Newborn Infants who suffer a Sudden and Unexpected Postnatal Collapse in the First Week of Life [2011]
    • BAPM Publications
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Thoracoscopic repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in neonates [2011]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Hospital Discharge of the High-Risk Neonate [2011]
    • Hospital Stay for Healthy Term Newborns [2010]
    • The Apgar Score [2009]
    • Advanced Practice in Neonatal Nursing [2009]
    • Safe Transportation of Newborns at Hospital Discharge [1999]
  • American College of Radiology
    • Vomiting in Infants up to 3 Months of Age [2011]
• WHO
  • WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
    • Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop on Essential New Born Care [2007]
  • WHO Reproductive Health Library
    • Radiant warmers versus incubators for regulating body temperature in newborn infants [2009]
    • Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants [2007]
  • World Health Organization
    • Recommendations for management of common childhood conditions [2012]
    • Home visits for the newborn child : a strategy to improve survival : WHO/UNICEF joint statement [2009]
    • Managing newborn problems: A guide for doctors, nurses and midwives [2003]
    • Documents on newborn health
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Newborn Skin: Part II. Birthmarks [2008]
    • Newborn Skin: Part I. Common Rashes [2008]
    • Discharge Procedures for Healthy Newborns [2006]
    • The Newborn Foot [2004]
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Common rashes in neonates [2012]
    • Stabilising the newborn for transfer - Basic principles [2008]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Care in the early newborn period [2004]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Home visits by community health workers to prevent neonatal deaths in developing countries: a systematic review [2010]
  • Current Diabetes Reports
    • Neonatal Diabetes: An Expanding List of Genes Allows for Improved Diagnosis and Treatment [2011]
  • Global Health Action
    • Neonatal mortality: an invisible and marginalised trauma [2011]
  • Global Public Health
    • Advancing newborn health: The Saving Newborn Lives initiative [2010]
  • Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
    • Neonatal dermatological emergencies [2010]
  • Indian Pediatrics
    • Skin care for the newborn [2010]
    • Massage and touch therapy in neonates: the current evidence [2010]
    • Early Discharge of Normal Term Neonates: Continued Dilemma [2001]
    • Evaluation of the WHO/UNICEF algorithm for integrated management of childhood illness between the ages of one week to two months [2000]
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
    • Estimating the causes of 4 million neonatal deaths in the year 2000 [2006]
  • Journal of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons
    • Fluid and Electrolyte Homeostasis in Newborn Baby [2008]
  • Journal of Nippon Medical School
    • Fetal and neonatal thermoregulation [2005]
  • Neonatology
    • Reducing global neonatal mortality is possible [2011]
  • Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
    • Neonatal diabetes mellitus: a disease linked to multiple mechanisms [2007]
  • Pediatric Surgery International
    • Can we improve outcome of congenital diaphragmatic hernia? [2009]
  • Pediatrics
    • Perinatal and Neonatal Risk Factors for Autism: A Comprehensive Meta-analysis [2011]
    • Gastroesophageal Reflux: A Critical Review of Its Role in Preterm Infants [2004]
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
    • An overview of recent applications of computational modelling in neonatology [2010]
  • Reviews in Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders
    • Clinical and molecular genetics of neonatal diabetes due to mutations in the insulin gene [2010]
• {Related topics}
  • Clinical tools, medical calculators, unit conversions, statistics, clinical research tools
    • Neonatology : Clinical tools, medical calculators
  • Guidelines
    • Retinopathy of prematurity
    • Prenatal screening and diagnosis
    • Premature infants, low birth weight
    • Obstetrics, perinatology
    • Newborn respiratory tract diseases
    • Newborn nervous system diseases
    • Neonatal urologic diseases
    • Neonatal thyroid disorders
    • Neonatal services, neonatal intensive care units
    • Neonatal screening
    • Neonatal jaundice
    • Neonatal hypoglycemia
    • Neonatal hematologic disorders
    • Neonatal hearing loss
    • Neonatal feeding
    • Neonatal circumcision
    • Neonatal cardiovascular diseases
    • Neonatal analgesia and anesthesia
    • Necrotizing enterocolitis
    • Maternal and neonatal infections
    • Labor, delivery, postpartum
    • Kangaroo mother care
    • Inborn errors of metabolism
    • Ethics, jurisprudence: fetus, newborn
    • Cystic fibrosis
    • Congenital hip dislocation

Newborn nervous system diseases

• Australia
  • Queensland Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines Program
    • Supplement: Seizures - neonatal [2011]
    • Seizures - neonatal [2011]
    • Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy [2011]
• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Perinatal brachial plexus palsy [2013]
    • Hypothermia for newborns with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy [2012]
• China
  • British Medical Journal
    • Clinical effectiveness of treatment with hyperbaric oxygen for neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy: systematic review of Chinese literature [2006]
• India
  • Indian Pediatrics
    • Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy implications for neonatal units in India [2009]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Repeated lumbar or ventricular punctures in newborns with intraventricular hemorrhage
    • Rapid correction of early metabolic acidaemia in comparison with placebo, no intervention or slow correction in LBW infants
    • Postnatal phenobarbitone for the prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants
    • Intraventricular streptokinase after intraventricular hemorrhage in newborn infants
    • Intraventricular antibiotics for bacterial meningitis in neonates
    • Fluid restriction for term infants with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following perinatal asphyxia
    • Early developmental intervention programmes post-hospital discharge to prevent motor and cognitive impairments in preterm infants
    • Diuretic therapy for newborn infants with posthemorrhagic ventricular dilatation
    • Cooling for newborns with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
    • Anticonvulsants for preventing mortality and morbidity in full term newborns with perinatal asphyxia
    • Anticonvulsants for neonates with seizures
• Mexico
  • Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
    • Prevalence of early neurodevelopmental disabilities in Mexico: a systematic review [2009]
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Ultrasound Scans for Intracranial Haemorrhage and PVLM [2005]
    • Neonatal Hypotonia [2004]
    • Neonatal Encephalopathy [2004]
    • Management of Neonatal Seizures [2001]
• Sweden
  • Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
    • Therapeutic Hypothermia Following Perinatal Asphyxia [2009]
• United Kingdom
  • British Association of Perinatal Medicine
    • Position Statement on Therapeutic Cooling for Neonatal Encephalopathy [2010]
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Drainage, irrigation and fibrinolytic therapy (DRIFT) for post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus in preterm infants [2011]
    • Therapeutic hypothermia with intracorporeal temperature monitoring for hypoxic perinatal brain injury [2010]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Neurology
    • Practice parameter: Neuroimaging of the neonate: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society [2002]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Prevention and Management of Positional Skull Deformities in Infants [2011]
  • American College of Radiology
    • ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of an Ultrasound Examination of the Neonatal Spine [2011]
    • ACR–AIUM–SPR–SRU Practice Guideline for the Performance of Neurosonography in Neonates and Young Children [2009]
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    • Hypothermia and Other Treatment Options for Neonatal Encephalopathy: An Executive Summary of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Workshop [2011]
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Prophylactic Indomethacin Reduces IVH and Symptomatic PDA in Preterm Infants [2007]
    • Umbilical Artery Catheter Blood Collection Affects Cerebral Oxygenation [2006]
    • Serial Lumbar Punctures Don't Prevent Hydrocephalus, Poor Neurodevelopmental Outcome, or Death in Neonates with Intraventricular Hemorrhage [2000]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • The Abnormal Fontanel [2003]
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    • Effect of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation of preterm infants on disease risk and neurodevelopment: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials [2008]
  • American Journal of Roentgenology
    • Imaging Findings in Neonatal Hypoxia: A Practical Review [2009]
  • Anesthesiology
    • Preconditioning and postinsult therapies for perinatal hypoxic-ischemic injury at term [2010]
  • BMC Pediatrics
    • A systematic review of cooling for neuroprotection in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy - are we there yet? [2007]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Neurological outcomes at 18 months of age after moderate hypothermia for perinatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: synthesis and meta-analysis of trial data [2010]
    • Neurodevelopmental outcomes after preterm birth [2004]
  • Chang Gung Medical Journal
    • Neonatal vitamin-responsive epileptic encephalopathies [2010]
  • Clinics in Perinatology
    • Neuroprotection in the Newborn Infant [2009]
    • Neonatal Seizures: An Update on Mechanisms and Management [2009]
    • Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy in the Term Infant [2009]
  • Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
    • Obstetric Brachial Plexus Palsy [2009]
  • Early Human Development
    • Hypothermia: Novel Approaches for Premature Infants [2011]
  • Indian Pediatrics
    • Pyridoxine-dependent seizures: a review [2003]
  • International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
    • The biological basis of injury and neuroprotection in the fetal and neonatal brain [2011]
    • Modeling premature brain injury and recovery [2009]
  • Israel Medical Association Journal
    • Inflammation and early brain injury in term and preterm infants [2012]
  • Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
    • Perinatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy [2011]
  • Journal of Child Neurology
    • Cerebellum of the Premature Infant: Rapidly Developing, Vulnerable, Clinically Important [2009]
  • Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
    • Mechanisms of Injury to White Matter Adjacent to a Large Intraventricular Hemorrhage in the Preterm Brain [2010]
  • Journal of Neuroinflammation
    • Neuroinflammation and MMPs: potential therapeutic targets in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic injury [2009]
  • Journal of Neurotrauma
    • Neonatal Encephalopathy: Treatment with Hypothermia [2009]
  • Lancet
    • Long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes after intrauterine and neonatal insults: a systematic review [2012]
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America
    • Advanced Neonatal NeuroMRI [2012]
  • Medical Ultrasonography
    • Hypoxic ischemic cerebral lesions of the newborn – ultrasound diagnosis. Pictorial essay [2011]
  • Neonatology
    • A systematic review and meta-analysis of long-term development of early term infants [2012]
  • Pediatric Research
    • Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Premature Infants: Mechanism of Disease [2009]
    • Endoplasmic reticulum stress, inflammation, and perinatal brain damage [2009]
  • Pediatrics
    • Encephalopathy of Prematurity Includes Neuronal Abnormalities [2005]
    • Implementation of Potentially Better Practices for the Prevention of Brain Hemorrhage and Ischemic Brain Injury in Very Low Birth Weight Infants [2003]
    • Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices for the Prevention of Brain Hemorrhage and Ischemic Brain Injury in Very Low Birth Weight Infants [2003]
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
    • Has the time come to use near-infrared spectroscopy as a routine clinical tool in preterm infants undergoing intensive care? [2011]
  • Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
    • Synergistic neuroprotective therapies with hypothermia [2010]
  • Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
    • The Encephalopathy of Prematurity – Brain Injury and Impaired Brain Development Inextricably Intertwined [2009]
  • Seminars in Perinatology
    • Understanding Brain Injury and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities in the Preterm Infant: The Evolving Role of Advanced MRI [2010]
    • Noninvasive Cerebral Perfusion Imaging in High-Risk Neonates [2010]
    • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Imaging the Newborn Brain – A Technical Review [2010]
    • Basic principles and concepts underlying recent advances in magnetic resonance imaging of the developing brain [2010]
    • Applications of Positron Emission Tomography in the Newborn Nursery [2010]
  • Stroke
    • Adult or Perinatal Brain Injury: Does Sex Matter? [2005]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn
    • Cerebral palsy

Newborn respiratory tract diseases

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Vitamin A supplementation to prevent mortality and short and long-term morbidity in very low birthweight infants
    • Sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension in neonates
    • Magnesium sulfate for persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
    • Intravenous or enteral loop diuretics for preterm infants with (or developing) chronic lung disease
    • Inositol for respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants
    • Increased energy intake for preterm infants with (or developing) bronchopulmonary dysplasia/ chronic lung disease
    • Furosemide for transient tachypnea of the newborn
    • Erythromycin for the prevention of chronic lung disease in intubated preterm infants at risk for, or colonized or infected with Ureaplasma urealyticum
    • Doxapram versus methylxanthine for apnea in preterm infants
    • Doxapram treatment for apnea in preterm infants
    • Dopamine for prevention of morbidity and mortality in term newborn infants with suspected perinatal asphyxia
    • Diuretics for respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants
    • Diuretics acting on the distal renal tubule for preterm infants with (or developing) chronic lung disease
    • Digoxin for preventing or treating neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
    • Cromolyn sodium for the prevention of chronic lung disease in preterm infants
    • Carnitine supplementation for preterm infants with recurrent apnea
    • Caffeine versus theophylline for apnea in preterm infants
    • Bronchodilators for the prevention and treatment of chronic lung disease in preterm infants
    • Antithrombin for respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants
    • Alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor (a1PI) for preventing chronic lung disease in preterm infants
    • Aerosolized diuretics for preterm infants with (or developing) chronic lung disease
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Pneumothorax Overview [2007]
    • Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN) [2001]
    • Apnoea monitoring on discharge from NICU [2001]
    • Apnoea and Caffeine [2001]
• United Kingdom
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Insertion of pleuro-amniotic shunt for fetal pleural effusion [2006]
• United States of America
  • American Thoracic Society
    • An Official ATS Clinical Policy Statement: Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome - Genetic Basis, Diagnosis, and Management [2010]
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Increased Risk of Cardiorespiratory Events is Not Seen in Term High-Risk Infants [2001]
    • Caffeine and Theophylline Effectively Control Recurrent Apnea In Pre-term Infants [2001]
• WHO
  • WHO Reproductive Health Library
    • Anticonvulsants for preventing mortality and morbidity in full term newborns with perinatal asphyxia [2007]
• Articles in journals
  • American Family Physician
    • Respiratory Distress in the Newborn [2007]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Underwater birth and neonatal respiratory distress [2005]
    • Respiratory complications of preterm birth [2004]
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
    • Considerations Unique to Pediatrics for Clinical Trial Design in Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia [2010]
  • Clinics in Perinatology
    • Pulmonary Vasodilator Therapy in the NICU: Inhaled Nitric Oxide, Sildenafil, and Other Pulmonary Vasodilating Agents [2012]
  • Current Opinion in Pediatrics
    • The New Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia [2011]
  • European Journal of Pediatrics
    • Noninvasive respiratory support in newborns [2010]
  • Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
    • Phosphodiesterases: Emerging Therapeutic Targets for Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension [2011]
  • Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
    • Surfactant Dysfunction [2011]
  • Pediatric Research
    • Role of Ureaplasma species in Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease: Epidemiologic and Experimental Evidence [2009]
  • Pediatrics
    • Pitfalls, Problems, and Progress in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia [2009]
    • Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices to Reduce Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Very Low Birth Weight Infants [2006]
    • Implementing Potentially Better Practices to Reduce Lung Injury in Neonates [2003]
    • Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices to Prevent Chronic Lung Disease and Reduce Lung Injury in Neonates [2003]
  • RadioGraphics
    • Lung Disease in Premature Neonates: Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation [2005]
  • Respiratory Care
    • Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for the respiratory care of the newborn infant [2009]
    • Neonatal and pediatric respiratory diagnostics [2003]
    • Management of respiratory distress syndrome: an update [2003]
  • Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
    • Perinatal inflammation and lung injury [2012]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Premature infants, low birth weight
    • Newborn respiratory tract diseases: surfactant therapy
    • Newborn respiratory tract diseases: postnatal corticosteroids
    • Newborn respiratory tract diseases: mechanical ventilation, oxygen therapy
    • Newborn
    • Neonatal resuscitation
    • Neonatal resuscitation
    • Meconium aspiration syndrome
    • Fetal maturation

Newborn respiratory tract diseases: mechanical ventilation, oxygen therapy

• Australia
  • Queensland Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines Program
    • Management of neonatal respiratory distress incorporating the administration of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) [2011]
• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Inhaled nitric oxide use in newborns [2012]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Tracheal suctioning without disconnection in intubated ventilated neonates
    • Tracheal gas insufflation for the prevention of morbidity and mortality in mechanically ventilated newborn infants
    • Synchronized mechanical ventilation for respiratory support in newborn infants
    • Superoxide dismutase for preventing chronic lung disease in mechanically ventilated preterm infants
    • Restricted versus liberal oxygen exposure for preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm or low birth weight infants
    • Rescue high frequency oscillatory ventilation versus conventional ventilation for pulmonary dysfunction in preterm infants
    • Rescue high frequency jet ventilation versus conventional ventilation for severe pulmonary dysfunction in preterm infants
    • Prophylactic nasal continuous positive airways pressure for preventing morbidity and mortality in very preterm infants
    • Prophylactic methylxanthines for extubation in preterm infants
    • Prophylactic methylxanthine for prevention of apnea in preterm infants
    • Prophylactic doxapram for the prevention of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants undergoing endotracheal extubation
    • Prophylactic antibiotics to reduce morbidity and mortality in ventilated newborn infants
    • Preoxygenation for tracheal suctioning in intubated, ventilated newborn infants
    • Positive end expiratory pressure for preterm infants requiring conventional mechanical ventilation for respiratory distress syndrome or bronchopulmonary dysplasia
    • Permissive hypercapnia for the prevention of morbidity and mortality in mechanically ventilated newborn infants
    • Opioids for neonates receiving mechanical ventilation
    • Nitric oxide for respiratory failure in infants born at or near term
    • Neuromuscular paralysis for newborn infants receiving mechanical ventilation
    • Nebulized racemic epinephrine for extubation of newborn infants
    • Nasal versus oral intubation for mechanical ventilation of newborn infants
    • Nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) versus nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) for preterm neonates after extubation
    • Nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) versus nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) for apnea of prematurity
    • Nasal continuous positive airways pressure immediately after extubation for preventing morbidity in preterm infants
    • Methylxanthine treatment for apnea in preterm infants
    • Mechanical ventilation for newborn infants with respiratory failure due to pulmonary disease
    • Long versus short inspiratory times in neonates receiving mechanical ventilation
    • Kinesthetic stimulation versus theophylline for apnea in preterm infants
    • Kinesthetic stimulation for treating apnea in preterm infants
    • Kinesthetic stimulation for preventing apnea in preterm infants
    • Inhaled nitric oxide for respiratory failure in preterm infants
    • Infant position in neonates receiving mechanical ventilation
    • High frequency oscillatory ventilation versus conventional ventilation for infants with severe pulmonary dysfunction born at or near term
    • Gradual versus abrupt discontinuation of oxygen in preterm or low birth weight infants
    • Extubation from low-rate intermittent positive airways pressure versus extubation after a trial of endotracheal continuous positive airways pressure in intubated preterm infants
    • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe respiratory failure in newborn infants
    • Elective high frequency oscillatory ventilation versus conventional ventilation for acute pulmonary dysfunction in preterm infants
    • Elective high frequency jet ventilation versus conventional ventilation for respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants
    • Early versus late discontinuation of oxygen in preterm or low birth weight infants
    • Early versus delayed initiation of continuous distending pressure for respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants
    • Devices and pressure sources for administration of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) in preterm neonates
    • Deep versus shallow suction of endotracheal tubes in ventilated neonates and young infants
    • Continuous positive airway pressure versus theophylline for apnea in preterm infants
    • Continuous distending pressure for respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants
    • Chest physiotherapy for preventing morbidity in babies being extubated from mechanical ventilation
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Oxygen Therapy and Monitoring [2002]
    • Oxygen Therapy - Standing Orders [2001]
    • High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation [2001]
    • The Collapsed Ventilated Infant - Aids to Diagnosis and Treatment [2000]
• United States of America
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    • Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Preterm Infants [2010]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Use of Inhaled Nitric Oxide [2010]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Best evidence statement (BESt). Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) versus high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) in neonatal respiratory distress. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center [2011]
    • NIH Consensus Development Conference statement on inhaled nitric oxide therapy for premature infants [2010]
  • National Institutes of Health
    • NIH Consensus Development Conference: Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy for Premature Infants [2010]
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Inhaled Nitric Oxide Reduces the Need for ECMO [2005]
• WHO
  • WHO Reproductive Health Library
    • Continuous distending pressure for respiratory distress in preterm infants [2010]
• Articles in journals
  • BMC Pediatrics
    • Inhaled nitric oxide in preterm infants: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis [2010]
  • Critical Care
    • Bench-to-bedside review: Ventilator strategies to reduce lung injury - lessons from pediatric and neonatal intensive care [2004]
  • Neonatology
    • Volume-targeted versus pressure-limited ventilation for preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2011]
  • Pediatrics
    • Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review [2011]
    • Evidence-Based Approach to Change in Clinical Practice: Introduction of Expanded Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Use in an Intensive Care Nursery [2003]
  • Respiratory Care
    • Neonatal Noninvasive Ventilation Techniques: Do We Really Need to Intubate? [2011]
    • Mechanical Ventilation of the Premature Neonate [2011]
    • Mechanical ventilation of the neonate: should we target volume or pressure? [2009]
    • Update on pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome [2003]
    • Therapeutic gases for neonatal and pediatric respiratory care [2003]
    • Neonatal and pediatric pulse oximetry [2003]
    • Invasive and noninvasive neonatal mechanical ventilation [2003]
    • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for perinatal and pediatric patients [2003]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn respiratory tract diseases

Newborn respiratory tract diseases: postnatal corticosteroids

• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Postnatal corticosteroids to treat or prevent chronic lung disease in preterm infants [2012]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Moderately early (7-14 days) postnatal corticosteroids for preventing chronic lung disease in preterm infants
    • Late (>7 days) postnatal corticosteroids for chronic lung disease in preterm infants
    • Intravenous dexamethasone for extubation of newborn infants
    • Inhaled versus systemic corticosteroids for the treatment of chronic lung disease in ventilated very low birth weight preterm infants
    • Inhaled versus systemic corticosteroids for preventing chronic lung disease in ventilated very low birth weight preterm neonates
    • Early postnatal (<96 hours) corticosteroids for preventing chronic lung disease in preterm infants
    • Early administration of inhaled corticosteroids for preventing chronic lung disease in ventilated very low birth weight preterm neonates
• Malaysia
  • Ministry of Health Malaysia
    • Clinical Practice Guidelines on Management of Postnatal Corticosteroids for the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Lung Disease in Preterm Infants [2003]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Postnatal Corticosteroids to Prevent or Treat Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia [2010]
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Peri-Extubation Steroids May Lower the Rates of Reintubation and Stridor in Neonates and Children [2003]
    • Inhaled Steroids Do Not Prevent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Neonates (But do decrease the use of systemic steroids!) [2000]
• Articles in journals
  • BMC Pediatrics
    • The adverse neuro-developmental effects of postnatal steroids in the preterm infant: a systematic review of RCTs [2001]
  • Indian Pediatrics
    • Postnatal corticosteroids for chronic lung disease (CLD) [2007]
  • Neonatology
    • Postnatal hydrocortisone for preventing or treating bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants: a systematic review [2010]
    • Dexamethasone Treatment in the First Week of Life for Preventing Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review [2010]
  • Pediatrics
    • Finding the Optimal Postnatal Dexamethasone Regimen for Preterm Infants at Risk of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: A Systematic Review of Placebo-Controlled Trials [2008]
    • Impact of Postnatal Systemic Corticosteroids on Mortality and Cerebral Palsy in Preterm Infants: Effect Modification by Risk for Chronic Lung Disease [2005]
    • Implementing Potentially Better Practices to Improve Neonatal Outcomes After Reducing Postnatal Dexamethasone Use in Infants Born Between 501 and 1250 Grams [2003]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn respiratory tract diseases

Newborn respiratory tract diseases: surfactant therapy

• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Recommendations for neonatal surfactant therapy [2013]
  • Perinatal Services BC
    • Surfactant Replacement Therapy in Neonates [2003]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Synthetic surfactant for respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants
    • Surfactant for pulmonary hemorrhage in neonates
    • Prophylactic versus selective use of surfactant in preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm infants
    • Prophylactic protein free synthetic surfactant for preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm infants
    • Prophylactic animal derived surfactant extract for preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm infants
    • Natural surfactant extract versus synthetic surfactant for neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
    • Multiple versus single dose natural surfactant extract for severe neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
    • Early versus delayed selective surfactant treatment for neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
    • Early surfactant administration with brief ventilation vs selective surfactant and continued mechanical ventilation for preterm infants with or at risk for respiratory distress syndrome
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Exogenous Surfactant Use [2006]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Surfactant-Replacement Therapy for Respiratory Distress in the Preterm and Term Neonate [2012]
  • American Thoracic Society
    • Mechanisms and Limits of Induced Postnatal Lung Growth [2004]
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Surfactant Has Some Benefit in Acute Lung Injury [2005]
• Articles in journals
  • Molecular Genetics and Metabolism
    • An Overview of Pulmonary Surfactant in the Neonate: Genetics, Metabolism, and the Role of Surfactant in Health and Disease [2009]
  • Pediatrics
    • Efficacy of Porcine Versus Bovine Surfactants for Preterm Newborns With Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2011]
  • Respiratory Care
    • The Future of Exogenous Surfactant Therapy [2011]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn respiratory tract diseases

Patent ductus arteriosus

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Surgical versus medical treatment with cyclooxygenase inhibitors for symptomatic patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants
    • Prophylactic intravenous indomethacin for preventing mortality and morbidity in preterm infants
    • Prolonged versus short course of indomethacin for the treatment of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants
    • Indomethacin for asymptomatic patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants
    • Ibuprofen for the treatment of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm and/or low birth weight infants
    • Ibuprofen for the prevention of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm and/or low birth weight infants
    • Furosemide for prevention of morbidity in indomethacin-treated infants with patent ductus arteriosus
    • Dopamine versus no treatment to prevent renal dysfunction in indomethacin-treated preterm newborn infants
    • Continuous infusion versus intermittent bolus doses of indomethacin for patent ductus arteriosus closure in symptomatic preterm infants
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Patent Ductus Arteriosus [2007]
• United Kingdom
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
    • Endovascular closure of patent ductus arteriosus [2004]
• United States of America
  • University of Michigan Evidence-Based Pediatrics
    • Indomethacin Prohylaxis in VLBW Infants Does Not Reduce Mortality or Survival Without Neurosensory Impairment [2002]
• Articles in journals
  • Clinics
    • Should we definitively abandon prophylaxis for patent ductus arteriosus in preterm new-borns? [2011]
  • Clinics in Perinatology
    • Evidence-Based Use of Indomethacin and Ibuprofen in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [2012]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Neonatal cardiovascular diseases

Premature infants, low birth weight

• Australia
  • Queensland Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines Program
    • Term small for gestational age baby [2011]
    • Supplement: Term small for gestational age baby [2011]
• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Safe discharge of the late preterm infant [2011]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Transfer of preterm infants from incubator to open cot at lower versus higher body weight
    • Servo-control for maintaining abdominal skin temperature at 36C in low birth weight infants
    • Replacement of estrogens and progestins to prevent morbidity and mortality in preterm infants
    • Massage for promoting growth and development of preterm and/or low birth-weight infants
    • Interventions to prevent hypothermia at birth in preterm and/or low birthweight babies
    • Interventions for treatment of neonatal hyperglycemia in very low birth weight infants
    • Interventions for prevention of neonatal hyperglycemia in very low birth weight infants
    • Interventions for non-oliguric hyperkalaemia in preterm neonates
    • Early volume expansion versus inotrope for prevention of morbidity and mortality in very preterm infants
    • Early volume expansion for prevention of morbidity and mortality in very preterm infants
    • Developmental care for promoting development and preventing morbidity in preterm infants
    • Cycled light in the intensive care unit for preterm and low birth weight infants
    • Cot-nursing versus incubator care for preterm infants
    • Base administration or fluid bolus for preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm infants with metabolic acidosis
    • Albumin infusion for low serum albumin in preterm newborn infants
  • United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF
    • Low Birthweight: Country, Regional and Global Estimates [2004]
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Prevention of Hypothermia in Infants <30 weeks Gestation [2005]
• Republic of Korea
  • Journal of Korean Medical Science
    • Recent Trends in Neonatal Mortality in Very Low Birth Weight Korean Infants: In Comparison with Japan and the USA [2011]
• United Kingdom
  • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
    • Vaccine responsiveness in premature infants [2010]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • "Late-Preterm" Infants: A Population at Risk [2010]
    • Safe Transportation of Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants at Hospital Discharge [2009]
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Assessment and care of the late preterm infant. Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses [2010]
  • RAND
    • Is Patient Volume a Useful Quality Measure for Very Low Birthweight Infants? [2004]
• WHO
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse
    • Guidelines on optimal feeding of low birth-weight infants in low- and-middle income countries. World Health Organization [2011]
  • World Health Organization
    • Guidelines on optimal feeding of low birth-weight infants in low- and middle-income countries [2011]
• Articles in journals
  • Advances in Neonatal Care
    • Exposure to Maternal Voice in Preterm Infants: A Review [2010]
  • American Family Physician
    • Outpatient Care of the Premature Infant [2007]
  • Blood Reviews
    • Anaemia of Prematurity: Pathophysiology & Treatment [2010]
  • BMC Pediatrics
    • A new growth chart for preterm babies: Babson and Benda's chart updated with recent data and a new format [2003]
  • British Medical Journal
    • A systematic mapping review of effective interventions for communicating with, supporting and providing information to parents of preterm infants [2011]
    • Supporting parents in the neonatal unit [2004]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Monitoring Low Birth Weight: An Evaluation of International Estimates and an Updated Estimation Procedure [2005]
  • Chinese Medical Journal
    • Improving fetal to neonatal transition of the very preterm infant: novel approaches [2010]
  • European Journal of Pediatrics
    • Apnea of prematurity: from cause to treatment [2011]
  • Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
    • Endocrinology and gynecology of girls and women with low birth weight [2011]
  • Jornal de Pediatria
    • Developmental outcomes and quality of life in children born preterm at preschool- and school-age [2011]
  • Journal of Epidemiology
    • Meta-Analysis: Identification of Low Birthweight by Other Anthropometric Measurements at Birth in Developing Countries [2011]
  • Neonatology
    • Intermittent Hypoxic Episodes in Preterm Infants: Do They Matter? [2011]
  • Pediatrics
    • Early Childhood Development of Late-Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review [2011]
  • Revista de Saúde Pública
    • How many low birthweight babies in low- and middle-income countries are preterm? [2011]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Premature labor, preterm delivery
    • Newborn respiratory tract diseases
    • Newborn
    • Fetal growth retardation

Retinopathy of prematurity

• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Retinopathy of prematurity: Recommendations for screening [2010]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Supplemental oxygen for the treatment of prethreshold retinopathy of prematurity
    • Peripheral retinal ablation for threshold retinopathy of prematurity in preterm infants
    • Early light reduction for preventing retinopathy of prematurity in very low birth weight infants
    • D-Penicillamine for preventing retinopathy of prematurity in preterm infants
• Malaysia
  • Ministry of Health Malaysia
    • Clinical Practice Guidelines on Retinopathy of Prematurity [2005]
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Retinopathy of Prematurity [2007]
• United Kingdom
  • British Association of Perinatal Medicine
    • Guideline for the Screening and Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity [2008]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Screening Examination of Premature Infants for Retinopathy of Prematurity [2012]
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    • Screening for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) [2007]
• Articles in journals
  • Acta Paediatrica
    • On safety, pharmacokinetics and dosage of bevacizumab in ROP treatment – a review [2011]
  • Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
    • Prevention of retinopathy of prematurity [2011]
  • Chinese Medical Journal
    • Retinopathy of prematurity: an epidemic in the making [2010]
  • Indian Pediatrics
    • Retinopathy of prematurity promising newer modalities of treatment [2012]
  • Journal of AAPOS
    • Image analysis for retinopathy of prematurity diagnosis [2009]
  • Journal of Biomedical Science
    • Genetic susceptibility to advanced retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) [2010]
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
    • Retinopathy of prematurity: understanding ischemic retinal vasculopathies at an extreme of life [2010]
  • Pediatrics
    • Implications of the Natural Course of Retinopathy of Prematurity [2003]
  • Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
    • The Neurovascular Retina in Retinopathy of Prematurity [2009]
  • Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
    • Perinatal infection, inflammation, and retinopathy of prematurity [2012]
  • Survey of Ophthalmology
    • Telemedicine for Retinopathy of Prematurity Diagnosis [2009]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Newborn
    • Neonatal screening

Vitamin K deficiency bleeding

• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Routine administration of vitamin K to newborns [2013]
• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Prophylactic vitamin K for vitamin K deficiency bleeding in neonates
• Netherlands
  • European Journal of Pediatrics
    • Incidence of late vitamin K deficiency bleeding in newborns in the Netherlands in 2005: evaluation of the current guideline [2008]
• New Zealand
  • Auckland District Health Board
    • Vitamin K [2003]
• United States of America
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Controversies Concerning Vitamin K and the Newborn [2009]
• Articles in journals
  • Advances in Nutrition
    • Vitamin K Nutrition, Metabolism, and Requirements: Current Concepts and Future Research [2012]
  • Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
    • Hereditary combined deficiency of the vitamin K-dependent clotting factors [2010]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Neonatal hematologic disorders