Newborn health
Susan Markisz/UNICEF
This section includes reviews and related commentaries on maternal and neonatal health topics. It also includes a full compendium of Cochrane reviews produced by the Cochrane Neonatal Review Group.
- Ad libitum or demand/semi-demand feeding versus scheduled interval feeding for preterm infants
- Air versus oxygen for resuscitation of infants at birth
- Anticonvulsants for preventing mortality and morbidity in full term newborns with perinatal asphyxia
- Avoidance of bottles during the establishment of breast feeds in preterm infants
- Continuous distending pressure for respiratory distress in preterm infants
- Cooling for newborns with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
- Cup-feeding versus other forms of supplemental enteral feeding for newborn infants unable to fully breastfeed
- Devices and pressure sources for administration of nasal continuous positive airway pressure in preterm neonates
- Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants
- Early surfactant administration with brief ventilation vs. selective surfactant and continued mechanical ventilation for preterm infants with or at risk for respiratory distress syndrome
- Early versus delayed selective surfactant treatment for neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
- Endotracheal intubation at birth in vigorous term meconium stained babies
- Higher versus lower protein intake in formula-fed low birth weight infants
- Interventions to prevent hypothermia at birth in preterm and/or low-birth-weight infants
- Intravenous midazolam infusion for sedation of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit
- Nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) versus nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) for preterm neonates after extubation
- Radiant warmers versus incubators for regulating body temperature in newborn infants
- Restricted versus liberal water intake for preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm infants
- Sodium bicarbonate infusion during resuscitation of infants at birth
- Topical umbilical cord care at birth
- Vitamin A supplementation for preventing morbidity and mortality in very-low-birth-weight infants
Useful links
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GFMER
Link to obstetrics and gynaecology guidelines on the web -
Women's Health Specialist Library
UK NHS knowledge gateway to women's health -
Cochrane Neonatal Group
Producing systematic reviews to improve newborn health -
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Global health partnership bringing together maternal, newborn and child health communities - Cochrane Neonatal Group Reviews