Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Nov 2012
Delayed cord clamping and blood flow in the superior vena cava in preterm infants: an observational study.
To determine if timing of cord clamping affects blood flow in the upper body, as measured by flow in the superior vena cava (SVC). ⋯ Blood flow in the SVC was higher in infants where delayed cord clamping was performed. The relationship of IVH, low flow and timing of cord clamping requires further study.
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Sep 2012
Comparative StudyContinuous non-invasive cardiac output measurements in the neonate by electrical velocimetry: a comparison with echocardiography.
Electrical velocimetry (EV) is a non-invasive method of continuous left cardiac output monitoring based on measurement of thoracic electrical bioimpedance. The objective was to validate EV by investigating the agreement in cardiac output measurements performed by EV and echocardiography. ⋯ EV is as accurate in measuring LVO as echocardiography and the variation in the agreement between EV and echocardiography among the individual subjects reflects the limitations of both techniques.
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Jul 2012
Multicenter StudyCooling and seizure burden in term neonates: an observational study.
To investigate any possible effect of cooling on seizure burden, the authors quantified the recorded electrographic seizure burden based on multichannel video-EEG recordings in term neonates with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) who received cooling and in those who did not. ⋯ A decreased seizure burden was seen in neonates with moderate HIE who received cooling. This finding may explain some of the therapeutic benefits of cooling seen in term neonates with moderate HIE.
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Jul 2012
Compressive force applied to a manikin's head during mask ventilation.
To investigate the compressive force applied to the head during mask ventilation and determine whether this force increases in response to an attempt to correct the mask leak. ⋯ During mask ventilation of a manikin, the authors observed that large forces were exerted on the head with either an SIB or a Neopuff, but these forces did not increase during the attempt to minimise the mask leak.