A realtime model of the neonatal circulation, oxygen transport and airway mechanics on VA- or VV-ECMO was developed for educational use. The model lets the learner interact with the parameters of the ...

Despite the 1999 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement indicating that routine neonatal circumcision is not medically necessary, circumcision continues to be the most frequently ...

Background & aims: To quantitatively characterise the rheological properties of newborn bloods using a Vilastic-3 rheometer. Methods: Umbilical cord blood from 20 full term infants was characterised ...

Circumcision rates have declined significantly in the United States, driven in part by parents' distrust of medical advice, a new study says. Circumcision of newborn boys declined from 54% to 49% ...

The fight against a devastating lung condition in newborn babies could be helped by the discovery that it is caused by a deficiency in a particular protein. Science X Daily and the Weekly Email ...

Although great strides in the recognition and treatment of circumcision pain have been made, no single study to date has evaluated an approach to circumcision that integrates the multiple modalities ...