A retrospective systematic data review on the use of a polihexanide-containing product on burns in children.

Background: It is current practice for physicians to use the Prontosan range of products in children based on their personal clinical experience, despite the lack of safety data in this population. This retrospective data review was designed to obtain information on the safety profile of the Prontosan range of products in children in routine clinical practice.

Methods: Data from newborns, infants and children with burns treated with the Prontosan range were collected retrospectively from patient medical records.

The definition of life: a survey of obstetricians and neonatologists in New York City hospitals regarding extremely premature births.

Among obstetricians and neonatologists in administrative roles in New York City hospitals, a survey was initiated to compare the physicians' definitions of live birth and fetal death, the gestational age at which they consider infants viable, and the resuscitation practices of the neonatologists. The target survey population was 34 neonatologists, and 39 obstetricians representing 41 of the City's 43 maternity hospitals. A telephone survey was used to gather qualitative data from the physicians regarding their definitions of live birth, fetal death, and viability, and their practices regarding extremely premature births.