Research news
09 August 2022
Child growth and neurodevelopment following an antenatal lifestyle intervention in routine care
Having overweight or obesity in childhood increases the risk of being overweight or obese in adulthood and is accompanied by an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, coronary heart...
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09 August 2022
Are pre- and early pregnancy lifestyle factors associated with the risk of preterm birth? A secondary cohort analysis of the cluster-randomised GeliS trial
Preterm birth remains a global and partially unresolved health problem with affected newborns having an increased mortality and morbidity risk and often long-term health impairments. In this secondary analysis, researchers...
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06 July 2022
Family Integrated Care to Improve Paternal Mental Health
A study conducted in the Netherlands examined the mental health of fathers of preterm infants after their stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Responses of 126 fathers who...
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01 July 2022
Compassionate care for sick or preterm newborns at the end of life
Providing palliative care for sick or preterm newborns and their parents/caregivers is a major challenge and is in strong contrast to ‘usual’ care. Healthcare professionals should make decisions in the...
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28 June 2022
Management and outcomes of extreme preterm birth
The survival and morbidity rates of babies born extremely preterm are linked to care management before and after birth, which tends to vary a lot. Conclusions of a recently published...
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19 June 2022
Neurodevelopmental follow-up of children born preterm
The prospective, longitudinal cohort study examined the rate and stability of impairments in children born preterm (<32 weeks gestation). Neurological, motor, cognitive, and behavioural outcomes were assessed at 2 and...
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24 May 2022
Join the RECAP preterm E-Learning course
You are a researcher in the fields of neonatology, epidemiology, and psychology and are interested to learn more about cohorts, registers, and the use of the RECAP preterm Cohort Platform?...
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11 May 2022
EFCNI involved in new study on blood transfusions in preterm babies
Most preterm babies admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) receive blood transfusions. Some neonates, however, receive blood transfusions even though these transfusions may not be necessary, cause side...
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09 May 2022
Born too small or too soon and the risk for developing psychiatric disorders
In their new publication, the Adults born Preterm International Collaboration (APIC) combined data from ten studies on the question whether individuals born very preterm and/or at very low birthweight have...
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05 May 2022
The changing face of neonatal intensive care for infants born extremely preterm
Researchers from the University of Melbourne have analysed changes in attitude, physical environment, staffing and medical treatment within neonatal intensive care to identify the changes’ impact on extremely preterm (EP)...
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