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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]

South Africa

• Newborn Care Manual - Perinatal Education Programme
  • Respiratory distress and apnoea [2005]

United Kingdom

• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
  • Insertion of pleuro-amniotic shunt for fetal pleural effusion [2006]

United States of America

• 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]

• European Journal of Pediatrics
  • Clinical practice : noninvasive respiratory support in newborns [2010]

• 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]

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  • 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