Tolerance of hydrocortisone prophylaxis administration in extreme preterm neonates: Experience of a single UK level III neonatal unit.

Objective: To assess the safety of the routine use of low-dose prophylactic hydrocortisone to improve survival without bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in infants born <28 weeks' gestation.

Design: A single-centre retrospective cohort study of infants born <28 weeks, before and after hydrocortisone implementation. Data was collected from electronic patient records and compared between both groups.

Bimanual strategies for object retrieval in infants and young children.

Age differences in goal-directed bimanual coordination were studied in typically developing infants aged 9-29 months, compared to a group of children aged 4-6 years and a group of adults, using an object retrieval task. This task required one hand to open and hold the lid of a transparent box, while the second hand retrieved a small toy from inside the box. Well-coordinated retrieval strategies with differentiated use of the two hands were not established in the majority of infants until 18 months of age.