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Association of gestational day with antenatal management and the mortality and respiratory outcomes of extremely preterm infants (2025)
Journal Article
Kwok, T. C., Fiolna, M., Jones, N., Walker, K., & Sharkey, D. (2025). Association of gestational day with antenatal management and the mortality and respiratory outcomes of extremely preterm infants. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-328066

Objective Perinatal epidemiological studies and outcomes are often reported on gestational week thresholds. This study aims to quantify and investigate the association of each gestational day at birth on antenatal management, mortality and respirator... Read More about Association of gestational day with antenatal management and the mortality and respiratory outcomes of extremely preterm infants.

Using a novel smartphone app to track noise and vibration exposure during neonatal ambulance transport (2025)
Journal Article
Partridge, T., Leslie, A., Mistry, A., Simpson, R. B., Morris, D. E., McNally, D., Crowe, J., & Sharkey, D. (2025). Using a novel smartphone app to track noise and vibration exposure during neonatal ambulance transport. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327758

Objective To assess the utility of a bespoke smartphone app to map noise and vibration exposure across neonatal road ambulance journeys.

Design and setting Prospective observational study of ambulance journeys across a large UK neonatal transport... Read More about Using a novel smartphone app to track noise and vibration exposure during neonatal ambulance transport.

Comparing peripheral limb and forehead vital sign monitoring in newborn infants at birth (2024)
Journal Article
Swamy, S. K. . N., Stockwell, S. J., Liu, C., Henry, C., Shipley, L., Ward, C., Mirahmadi, S., Correia, R., Morgan, S. P., Crowe, J. A., Sharkey, D., & Hayes-Gill, B. R. (2024). Comparing peripheral limb and forehead vital sign monitoring in newborn infants at birth. Pediatric Research, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-024-03651-0

Background: To study the feasibility of measuring heart rate (HR) and oxygen saturation (SpO2) on the forehead, during newborn transition at birth, and to compare these measurements with those obtained from the wrist. Methods: Vital signs were measur... Read More about Comparing peripheral limb and forehead vital sign monitoring in newborn infants at birth.

Enhanced Infant Movement Analysis Using Transformer-Based Fusion of Diverse Video Features for Neurodevelopmental Monitoring (2024)
Journal Article
Turner, A., & Sharkey, D. (2024). Enhanced Infant Movement Analysis Using Transformer-Based Fusion of Diverse Video Features for Neurodevelopmental Monitoring. Sensors, 24(20), Article 6619. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24206619

Neurodevelopment is a highly intricate process, and early detection of abnormalities is critical for optimizing outcomes through timely intervention. Accurate and cost-effective diagnostic methods for neurological disorders, particularly in infants,... Read More about Enhanced Infant Movement Analysis Using Transformer-Based Fusion of Diverse Video Features for Neurodevelopmental Monitoring.

Identifying neonatal transport research priorities: a modified Delphi consensus (2024)
Journal Article
Mistry, A., Leslie, A., Ojha, S., & Sharkey, D. (2025). Identifying neonatal transport research priorities: a modified Delphi consensus. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 110(1), 43-50. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327213

Objectives: With increasing advances in neonatal transport, a focused research strategy is required to increase the evidence base towards providing optimal care. We aimed to identify the most important neonatal transport research questions as priorit... Read More about Identifying neonatal transport research priorities: a modified Delphi consensus.

An Automated Performance Evaluation of the Newborn Life Support Procedure (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tan, A., Egede, J., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Valstar, M., & Sharkey, D. (2024, January). An Automated Performance Evaluation of the Newborn Life Support Procedure. Presented at 2024 Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), Albuquerque, NM, USA

This research is conducted to develop an automated action recognition method to evaluate the performance of the Newborn Life Support (NLS) procedure. It will be useful to find deviations in the procedure, such as missing steps and incorrect actions,... Read More about An Automated Performance Evaluation of the Newborn Life Support Procedure.

The critical role of technologies in neonatal care (2023)
Journal Article
Taha, S., Simpson, R. B., & Sharkey, D. (2023). The critical role of technologies in neonatal care. Early Human Development, 187, Article 105898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2023.105898

Neonatal care has made significant advances in the last few decades. As a result, mortality and morbidity in high-risk infants, such as extremely preterm infants or those infants with birth-related brain injury, has reduced significantly. Many of the... Read More about The critical role of technologies in neonatal care.

Association between opioid use during mechanical ventilation in preterm infants and evidence of brain injury: a propensity score-matched cohort study (2023)
Journal Article
Szatkowski, L., Sharkey, D., Budge, H., & Ojha, S. (2023). Association between opioid use during mechanical ventilation in preterm infants and evidence of brain injury: a propensity score-matched cohort study. eClinicalMedicine, 65, Article 102296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102296

Background: Preterm infants often require mechanical ventilation (MV), which can be a painful experience. Opioids (such as morphine) are used to provide analgesia, despite conflicting evidence about their impact on the developing brain. We aimed to q... Read More about Association between opioid use during mechanical ventilation in preterm infants and evidence of brain injury: a propensity score-matched cohort study.

Identifying Variation in the Newborn Life Support Procedure: An Automated Method (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tan, A., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Egede, J., Valstar, M., & Sharkey, D. (2023, September). Identifying Variation in the Newborn Life Support Procedure: An Automated Method. Presented at 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2023), Southampton, UK

This research is conducted for developing an automated method to recognize variations in the Newborn Life Support (NLS) procedure. Compliance with the NLS standard guideline is essential to prevent any adverse consequences for the newborn. Video reco... Read More about Identifying Variation in the Newborn Life Support Procedure: An Automated Method.