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Artificial intelligence-driven wearable technologies for neonatal cardiorespiratory monitoring. Part 2: artificial intelligence (2022)
Journal Article
Sitaula, C., Grooby, E., Kwok, T. C., Sharkey, D., Marzbanrad, F., & Malhotra, A. (2023). Artificial intelligence-driven wearable technologies for neonatal cardiorespiratory monitoring. Part 2: artificial intelligence. Pediatric Research, 93(2), 426-436. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-022-02417-w

Background: With the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques, smart health monitoring, particularly neonatal cardiorespiratory monitoring with wearable devices, is becoming more popular. To this end, it is crucial to investigate the tr... Read More about Artificial intelligence-driven wearable technologies for neonatal cardiorespiratory monitoring. Part 2: artificial intelligence.

Neonatal stroke surveillance study protocol in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (2022)
Journal Article
Kwok, T. C., Dineen, R. A., Whitehouse, W., Lynn, R. M., McSweeney, N., & Sharkey, D. (2022). Neonatal stroke surveillance study protocol in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Open Medicine, 17(1), 1417-1424. https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2022-0554

Neonatal stroke is a devastating condition that causes brain injury in babies and often leads to lifelong neurological impairment. Recent prospective population studies of neonatal stroke are lacking. Neonatal strokes are different from those in olde... Read More about Neonatal stroke surveillance study protocol in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

Modelling Variations in Newborn Life Support Procedure Using Colored Petri Nets (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Leva, M. C., Patelli, E., Podofillini, L., Wilson, S., Tan, A., Remenyte-Prescott, R., …Sharkey, D. (2022). Modelling Variations in Newborn Life Support Procedure Using Colored Petri Nets. In M. Chiara Leva, E. Patelli, L. Podofillini, & S. Wilson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2022) (489-496). https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-18-5183-4_R12-08-152-cd

This research is conducted to study variations in the Newborn Life Support procedure. This procedure follows an evidence-based protocol to resuscitate and stabilize newborn babies requiring assistance at birth. Errors and ineffective actions in this... Read More about Modelling Variations in Newborn Life Support Procedure Using Colored Petri Nets.

Implementation of Public Health England infection prevention and control guidance in maternity units in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Hanley, S. J., Jones, A. B., Oberman, J., Baxter, E., Sharkey, D., Gray, J., & Walker, K. F. (2022). Implementation of Public Health England infection prevention and control guidance in maternity units in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Hospital Infection, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2022.04.018

Background: This study aimed to explore the successes and barriers to the implementation of Public Health England (PHE) infection prevention and control guidance in English maternity units during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Qualitative semi-struc... Read More about Implementation of Public Health England infection prevention and control guidance in maternity units in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maternity services' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: how Public Health England guidance was implemented in practice (2022)
Journal Article
Hanley, S., Raybould, G., Baxter, E., Gray, J., Sharkey, D., & Walker, K. F. (2022). Maternity services' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: how Public Health England guidance was implemented in practice. Journal of Hospital Infection, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2022.04.019

Introduction: The rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic required systemic change in how healthcare was delivered to minimize virus transmission whilst maintaining safe service delivery. Deemed at ‘moderate-high risk’, maternity patients are an important... Read More about Maternity services' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: how Public Health England guidance was implemented in practice.

Application and potential of artificial intelligence in neonatal medicine (2022)
Journal Article
Chang Kwok, T., Henry, C., Saffaran, S., Meeus, M., Bates, D., Van Laere, D., …Sharkey, D. (2022). Application and potential of artificial intelligence in neonatal medicine. Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 27(5), Article 101346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.siny.2022.101346

Neonatal care is becoming increasingly complex with large amounts of rich, routinely recorded physiological, diagnostic and outcome data. Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to harness this vast quantity and range of information and become... Read More about Application and potential of artificial intelligence in neonatal medicine.

Availability of active therapeutic hypothermia at birth for neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: a UK population study from 2011 to 2018 (2022)
Journal Article
Mistry, A., Shipley, L., Ojha, S., & Sharkey, D. (2022). Availability of active therapeutic hypothermia at birth for neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: a UK population study from 2011 to 2018. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 107(6), 597-602. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-322906

Objective: Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) commenced soon after birth for neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) improves survival and reduces neurodisability. Availability of active TH at the place of birth (Immediate-TH) in the UK is unknown.... Read More about Availability of active therapeutic hypothermia at birth for neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: a UK population study from 2011 to 2018.

Feasibility of a Novel ECG Electrode Placement Method in Newborn Infants (2022)
Journal Article
Henry, C., Shipley, L., Morgan, S., Crowe, J. A., Carpenter, J., Hayes-Gill, B., & Sharkey, D. (2022). Feasibility of a Novel ECG Electrode Placement Method in Newborn Infants. Neonatology, 119(2), 264-267. https://doi.org/10.1159/000521530

Background: International newborn resuscitation guidelines recommend electrocardiogram (ECG) heart rate (HR) monitoring at birth. We evaluated the application time of pre-set ECG electrodes fixed to a polyethene patch allowing adhesive-free attachmen... Read More about Feasibility of a Novel ECG Electrode Placement Method in Newborn Infants.