Neonates at high risk of hypoglycaemia: Is admission necessary?

Aim: To evaluate the practice of routine admission of infants at high risk of hypoglycaemia by determining the incidence of hypoglycaemia, factors that predict necessary admission and breastfeeding outcomes.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study of neonates admitted to a tertiary neonatal unit for high risk of hypoglycaemia. Clinical data, including blood glucose concentrations, body fat percentage and time to initiation of feeding, were collected for 122 infant-maternal dyads for a 3-year period from April 2016 to May 2019.

Improving Intubation Success in Pediatric and Neonatal Transport Using Simulation.

Background: Pediatric and neonatal first-pass intubation rates are higher in adult trained retrieval services than in neonatal or pediatric trained services. Some authors have attributed this to more frequent opportunities to practice the skill in the adult population.

Objective: The aim of this study was to increase the first-pass intubation rate without adverse events by introducing daily intubation simulation at our mixed neonatal and pediatric retrieval service.