Agreement between Hammersmith Neonatal Neurological Examination (HNNE) and Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP) in neurodevelopmental assessment of preterm infants <32 weeks' gestation at term corrected age.

Objectives: To determine the agreement between HNNE and TIMP at TCA for preterm infants born <32 weeks' gestation, and to evaluate their correlation to PDMS-2 at 12-month corrected age (CA).

Methods: Infants born between November 2013 to June 2022 who had both HNNE and TIMP performed at TCA of 37-41 weeks gestation, and motor outcome assessed using the PDMS-2 at 12-month old were enrolled. The HNNE and 12-month PDMS-2 findings were categorized as optimal vs sub-optimal.

Patent ductus arteriosus in a late preterm neonate: think congenital hypopituitarism.

A late preterm female neonate presented with initial respiratory distress and heart murmur attributed to a haemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus (hsPDA) not responding to two courses of ibuprofen. Thyroid function performed for prolonged neonatal jaundice at 3 weeks of life suggested central hypothyroidism. Subsequent adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation test showing hypocortisolism and MRI revealing adenohypophysis hypoplasia confirmed the diagnosis of congenital hypopituitarism (CH).

Singapore Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines 2021.

Neonatal resuscitation is a coordinated, team-based series of timed sequential steps that focuses on a transitional physiology to improve perinatal and neonatal outcomes. The practice of neonatal resuscitation has evolved over time and continues to be shaped by emerging evidence as well as key opinions. We present the revised Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines for Singapore 2021.

Parental bereavement - impact of death of neonates and children under 12 years on personhood of parents: a systematic scoping review.

Background: Losing a child tragically impacts the well-being and functioning of parents. With these effects extending beyond emotional, physical morbidity and compromising self-perceptions, appropriate, longitudinal, timely and personalised support is key to effective care of bereaved parents. However, in the absence of a comprehensive understanding of parental bereavement, effective support of bereaved parents remains suboptimal.

Impact of Dying Neonates on Doctors' and Nurses' Personhood: A Systematic Scoping Review.

Context: Caring for dying neonates is distressing for healthcare professionals (HCP)s. Yet, the extent of these effects is poorly understood, compromising support of HCPs. To better understand and support HCPs, a systematic scoping review (SSR) of prevailing data is proposed.

Singapore Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines 2016.

We present the revised Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines for Singapore. The 2015 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Neonatal Task Force's consensus on science and treatment recommendations (2015), and guidelines from the American Heart Association and European Resuscitation Council were debated and discussed. The final recommendations of the National Resuscitation Council, Singapore, were derived after the task force had carefully reviewed the current available evidence in the literature and addressed their relevance to local clinical practice.