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Effects of implementation of a care bundle on rates of necrotising enterocolitis and own mother’s milk feeding in the East Midlands: protocol for a mixed methods impact and process evaluation study (2024)
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Introduction: Prevention of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is vital for improving neonatal outcomes. Feeding own mother’s milk helps prevent NEC. Rates of own mother’s milk feeding in the East Midlands are lower than the national average and the inc... Read More about Effects of implementation of a care bundle on rates of necrotising enterocolitis and own mother’s milk feeding in the East Midlands: protocol for a mixed methods impact and process evaluation study.

Observational cohort study of use of caffeine in preterm infants and association between early caffeine use and neonatal outcomes (2023)
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Objective: To quantify trends in caffeine use in infants born at

Sedation and analgesia from prolonged pain and stress during mechanical ventilation in preterm infants: is dexmedetomidine an alternative to current practice? (2022)
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Mechanical ventilation is an uncomfortable and potentially painful intervention. Opioids, such as morphine and fentanyl, are used for analgesia and sedation but there is uncertainty whether they reduce pain in mechanically ventilated infants. Moreove... Read More about Sedation and analgesia from prolonged pain and stress during mechanical ventilation in preterm infants: is dexmedetomidine an alternative to current practice?.

Episiotomy and Initiation of Human Milk Feeds: A Retrospective Observational Study (2021)
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Objective: To investigate the association, in the United Kingdom, between having an episiotomy during childbirth and giving human milk by any modality as an infant's first feed. We also identified maternal demographic factors and perinatal experience... Read More about Episiotomy and Initiation of Human Milk Feeds: A Retrospective Observational Study.

P018 RENAL adverse events and gastrointestinal bleeding with ibuprofen use in preterm neonates with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) (2019)
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Reply (2019)
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Systemic effects of Optos versus indirect ophthalmoscopy for retinopathy of prematurity screening (2018)
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Many regions of the world have a relative shortage of ophthalmologists trained and willing to screen for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).1 As a result, many regions have turned to retinal imaging and telemedicine.2 Optos ultrawide-field retinal imag... Read More about Systemic effects of Optos versus indirect ophthalmoscopy for retinopathy of prematurity screening.

Interventions made by UK pharmacists to minimise risk from paediatric prescribing errors (2016)
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A prospective study of adverse drug reactions to antiepileptic drugs in children (2015)
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Objectives To prospectively determine the nature and rate of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in children on antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and to prospectively evaluate the effect of AEDs on behaviour. Setting A single centre prospective observational s... Read More about A prospective study of adverse drug reactions to antiepileptic drugs in children.

Children's access to medicines (2012)
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Sunday 13 November - Short paper session 2: Children's access to medicines

Clinical trials: the viewpoint of children with a chronic illness compared with healthy children (2009)
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The views of over 200 children (11–16 years old, who were either healthy or attending paediatric medical clinics with a chronic illness) on issues relating to paediatric clinical trials were determined by a questionnaire. Children with a chronic illn... Read More about Clinical trials: the viewpoint of children with a chronic illness compared with healthy children.

Safety in paediatric clinical trials - a 7-year review (2008)
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Aim: The safety of clinical trials in children has not been previously studied. We aimed to identify how safety is monitored and the extent of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Methods: A literature review of the Medline Database for therapeutic clin... Read More about Safety in paediatric clinical trials - a 7-year review.

Randomized controlled trial of the intraligamental use of a local anaesthetic (lignocaine 2%) versus controls in paediatric tooth extraction (2007)
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Background. Children still experience pain upon waking following dental extraction under general anaesthesia. Local anaesthetic has been shown to reduce this pain, but needs to be administered via a method that causes minimum injury or distress to th... Read More about Randomized controlled trial of the intraligamental use of a local anaesthetic (lignocaine 2%) versus controls in paediatric tooth extraction.

Clinical trials: the viewpoint of children (2007)
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The views of 30 children (8–16 years old) attending paediatric medical clinics on paediatric clinical trials were determined by semi-structured interviews. Nineteen children recognised that there were risks involved with taking part in clinical trial... Read More about Clinical trials: the viewpoint of children.