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Care bundles to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections in the neonatal unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Correspondence to Victoria Payne, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Princess Anne Hospital F- 120, Southampton, UK; vp1m14 ...
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Short-term outcome of very-low-birthweight infants with arterial hypotension in the first 24 h of life

Objective To evaluate lowest mean arterial blood pressure during the first 24 h of life (minMAP 24) in very-low-birthweight (VLBW) infants and to identify associations between hypotension and ...
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EUROCAT: 25 years of European surveillance of congenital anomalies

The surveillance of congenital anomalies serves two main purposes: to facilitate the identification of teratogenic (malformation causing) exposures and to assess the impact of primary prevention and ...
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Non-invasive high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in neonates: review of physiology, biology and clinical data

2 Institute of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy Non-invasive high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (NHFOV) consists of the application of a bias ...
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Opioids for neonates receiving mechanical ventilation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective To evaluate the effect of opioid analgesics, compared to placebo, no drug, or other non-opioid analgesics or sedatives, on pain, duration of mechanical ventilation, mortality, growth and ...