is an edition of ADC from BMJ and RCPCH, publishing perinatal & neonatal medicine research and reviews.

Neonatal stroke active surveillance BPSU study in the UK and the Republic of Ireland with a meta-analysis of national surveillance studies ...

Objective Children born extremely preterm (EPT) vary greatly regarding academic outcomes, underscoring the need to investigate subgroups in large representative samples. This study aimed to (1) ...

Perinatal stroke refers to cerebrovascular diseases occurring between 20 weeks of fetal development and 28 days after birth. Although the risk of perinatal stroke is quite high, ranging from 1 in 1000 ...

Objective To assess the contribution of rare coding genetic variants to idiopathic neonatal arterial ischaemic stroke (NAIS). Design Observational genetic study using trio-based whole-exome sequencing ...

Objective Assess the incidence, presentation, management and short-term outcomes of neonatal stroke in the UK and Ireland (ROI). Design Active surveillance (British Paediatric Surveillance Unit) study ...

Background Neonatal respiratory system immaturity causes unstable breathing patterns during sleep, resulting in respiratory events and intermittent hypoxaemia (IH). The recent literature correlates ...

Objective To characterise aetiologies and prenatal neuroimaging findings in fetuses with intracranial haemorrhage (ICH), and evaluate the ability of imaging to suggest underlying causes. Methods We ...

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) remains a leading cause of neonatal sepsis and meningitis in the UK, with an incidence of around 0.9 per 1000 live births. Early-onset disease usually results from vertical ...

Objective To evaluate whether combining abdominal ultrasound with radiography improves diagnostic accuracy and surgical risk stratification in neonates with suspected necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) ...

Objective To assess the association between histological chorioamnionitis without maternal clinical symptoms and neurodevelopmental disabilities at age 5 years in children born very preterm. Design ...

Preterm birth affects around 7–8% of pregnancies in the UK. There are immunological consequences of preterm birth, epidemiological differences in infectious diseases in the preterm population and ...