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Restricted visiting reduces nosocomial viral respiratory tract infections in high-risk neonates (2018)
Journal Article
Szatkowski, L., McClaughry, R., Clarkson, M., & Sharkey, D. (2019). Restricted visiting reduces nosocomial viral respiratory tract infections in high-risk neonates. European Respiratory Journal, 53(3), Article 1801874. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01874-2018

Restricting visitors on the neonatal intensive care unit to parents only during a worldwide pandemic resulted in a 39% reduction in nosocomial viral respiratory tract infections in neonatal patients. These findings need validating in a prospective tr... Read More about Restricted visiting reduces nosocomial viral respiratory tract infections in high-risk neonates.

Early life incidence of gastrointestinal and respiratory infections in children with gastroschisis: a cohort study (2018)
Journal Article
Bannister, J., Szatkowski, L., Sharkey, D., Tan, S., Fiaschi, L., & Ban, L. (2018). Early life incidence of gastrointestinal and respiratory infections in children with gastroschisis: a cohort study. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 67(5), 580–585. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000002045

Objectives: Survival in infants with gastroschisis is increasing although little is known about early childhood morbidity. In the context of a hypothesised link between the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and immune function, this study explores rates of... Read More about Early life incidence of gastrointestinal and respiratory infections in children with gastroschisis: a cohort study.

Estimating the healthcare costs of children born to pregnant smokers in England: cohort study using primary and secondary healthcare data (2018)
Journal Article
Vaz, L. R., Jones, M. J., Szatkowski, L., Tata, L. J., Petrou, S., & Coleman, T. (2018). Estimating the healthcare costs of children born to pregnant smokers in England: cohort study using primary and secondary healthcare data. Addiction, 113(7), 1305-1316. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14183

Background and aims: Little is known about the long term economic consequences of smoking during pregnancy. We estimated the association between smoking in pregnancy and the costs of delivering healthcare to infants and children in England, and inves... Read More about Estimating the healthcare costs of children born to pregnant smokers in England: cohort study using primary and secondary healthcare data.

Stillbirth among women prescribed nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy: analysis of a large UK pregnancy cohort (2018)
Journal Article
Dhalwani, N. N., Szatkowski, L., Coleman, T., Fiaschi, L., & Tata, L. J. (2019). Stillbirth among women prescribed nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy: analysis of a large UK pregnancy cohort. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 21(4), 409–415. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty019

Objective: To compare risk of stillbirth between maternal smokers and those prescribed NRT during pregnancy. Design: Cross-sectional analysis nested in a pregnancy cohort with longitudinal routinely-recorded medical data. Setting: United Kingdo... Read More about Stillbirth among women prescribed nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy: analysis of a large UK pregnancy cohort.