Asynchronous video messaging promotes family involvement and mitigates separation in neonatal care.

Objective: To evaluate the parent and staff experience of a secure video messaging service as a component of neonatal care.

Design: Multicentre evaluation incorporating quantitative and qualitative items.

Setting: Level II and level III UK neonatal units.

An open-label, randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of the Orve + wrap versus Forced Air Warming in restoring normothermia in the postanaesthetic care unit.

Aims And Objectives: To determine the clinical effectiveness and safety of the Orve + wrap® thermal blanket.

Background: Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia is a common problem in postanaesthetic care units and can have significant effects on patients' postoperative morbidity. Despite its commercial availability, there is no clinical evidence on the effectiveness of Orve + wrap®.

Determining the pattern and prevalence of alcohol consumption in pregnancy by measuring biomarkers in meconium.

Objective: To investigate the feasibility of determining the pattern and prevalence of alcohol consumption in pregnancy by measuring ethanol biomarkers in meconium.

Design: Population-based observational study.

Setting: Inner-city maternity unit in Scotland, UK.

Synthesis and coordination compounds of a bis(imino)acenaphthene (BIAN)-supported N-heterocyclic carbene.

The bis(imino)acenaphthene-supported N-heterocyclic carbene IPr(BIAN) has been prepared by deprotonation of the precursor imidazolium chloride. Treatment of IPr(BIAN) imidazolium chloride with Ag(2)O afforded the silver complex [IPr(BIAN)]AgCl which can be converted into the corresponding gold complex [IPr(BIAN)]AuCl by reaction with (tht)AuCl (tht = tetrahydrothiophene). The iridium complex [IPr(BIAN)]Ir(COD)Cl was prepared by reaction of the imidazolium chloride with KO(t)Bu and [Ir(COD)Cl](2) and subsequently converted to the carbonyl complex [IPr(BIAN)]Ir(CO)(2)Cl by exposure to an atmosphere of CO.