Standardised documentation in HIE remains inconsistent in practice. Given the significant morbidity across all severity stages, this warrants closer scrutiny and reinforcement alongside structured long-term neurodevelopmental surveillance for all affected neonates.

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Pediatric Research - Progress in cell therapies for neonatal conditions: Proceedings of the Third Neonatal Cell Therapies Symposium (2025)

Pediatric Research - Therapeutic hypothermia in infants <36 weeks gestation: proceed with caution

White et al. combine human and animal data to show that fetal growth restriction impairs postnatal brain development. Low birth weight is associated with r

Pediatric Research - Growth outcome trends after necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants across changes in nutritional practices

Background We have previously reported that, in metropolitan Melbourne, mitigation measures implemented to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 transmission were associated with a reduced preterm birth (PTB) rate, b...

Fetal growth restriction (FGR) arises from chronic hypoxia and increases the risk of cardiovascular dysfunction following perinatal asphyxia, although underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We investigated whether cardiovascular responses to asphyxia are impaired in preterm FGR lambs and whether this …

Introduction Cranial ultrasound (cUS) screening is routinely performed in preterm neonates. This study compared cranial ultrasound abnormalities (CUA) detected at 6 weeks postnatal age (PNA) and ter...

Blank DA, et al. Face mask versus nasal mask device use for initial resuscitation in extremely and very preterm infants (FONDUE): an open-label, single-centre, randomised, controlled trial. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2025;9(10):715–23. An excellent acronym for this trial. Hopefully it will lead to a trend in acronyms based on European culinary specialities. Very preterm infants, n=151, of 23 to 32 weeks GA were randomized to receive delivery room CPAP with a face mask, or with a nasal mask in a single centre study from Monash in Melbourne. Delayed clamping was attempted, without respiratory support, or immediate clamping if the baby needed intervention.

To determine whether cranial ultrasound (cUS) at term equivalent age (TEA) provides additional diagnostic information compared with routine imaging at…

Using a nasal mask instead of a traditional face mask to support very premature babies at birth can significantly reduce the need for rescue breathing and escalation of care, a world-first trial led b...

Preterm birth, defined as delivery before 37 weeks of gestation, remains a leading contributor to neonatal morbidity and long-term neurodevelopmental …

We demonstrated that in a large animal model of inflammation-induced intrauterine preterm brain injury, long-term persistent inflammation occurs, along with significant white matter injury, including ...

Abstract. Background Intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) is the primary neuropathology in infants born very preterm. IVH describes bleeding into the ventricular space of the newborn brain, originating ...

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Changes in routine antenatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in a decreased diagnosis of congenital abnormalities, subsequent decreased terminations of pregnancy and a significant ...