Effects of a respiratory function indicator light on visual attention and ventilation quality during neonatal resuscitation: a randomised controlled crossover simulation trial.

Objectives: To investigate the effectiveness of placing an indicator light indicating inadequate ventilation near the face mask during positive-pressure ventilation with respiratory function monitors (RFMs) in neonatal resuscitation. The study is a three-group, randomised, controlled, crossover simulation trial.

Methods: Paediatrics residents, neonatology fellows, and attending neonatologists at a single neonatal intensive care unit.

Treatment courses and outcomes of oesophageal atresia in patients with trisomy 18: a case series of 271 patients from a nationwide database in Japan.

Objective: To describe characteristics, treatments and clinical outcomes of patients with trisomy 18 and oesophageal atresia, using a nationwide database in Japan.

Design: Descriptive study using a retrospective cohort.

Setting: A nationwide inpatient database including 90% of hospitals with neonatal intensive care units in Japan.

Interventions for treating umbilical granuloma: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Introduction: The most frequent umbilical abnormality in infancy period is umbilical granuloma. Although umbilical granuloma treatment with silver nitrate is practised worldwide, silver nitrate cauterisation is high in cost and if silver nitrate comes into contact with healthy tissues, it might cause injury. This systematic review aims to look for evidence concerning the safety and efficacy of all interventions for treating umbilical granuloma in neonates.

Mechanical versus bioprosthetic valves in chronic dialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Many patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) have valvular heart disease requiring surgery. The optimal prosthetic valve is not established in this population. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess outcomes of patients with dialysis-dependent ESKD who received mechanical or bioprosthetic valves.

Neonatal systemic juvenile Xanthogranuloma with Hydrops diagnosed by Purpura skin biopsy: a case report and literature review.

Background: Systemic juvenile xanthogranuloma is a very rare disease typically presents as skin lesions with yellow papules or nodules and is sometimes fatal. We report a case of congenital neonatal systemic juvenile xanthogranuloma with atypical skin appearance that made the diagnosis difficult.

Case Presentation: A preterm Japanese female neonate with prenatally diagnosed fetal hydrops in-utero was born with purpuric lesions involving the trunk and face.

[Detection of norovirus RNA in bivalve molluscs by using bacteria-culture-employed method (A3T method)].

Norovirus (NV) RNA has rarely been detected in foods despite the use of highly sensitive methods such as RT-PCR and real-time RT-PCR. In the modified method (A3T method) reported previously, a bacterial culture process was introduced into the standard protocol for NV detection to remove some inhibitor(s) present in food ingredients. To confirm the efficiency of the A3T method and to examine NV contamination in bivalve molluscs, we tried to detect NV RNA in bivalve molluscs on the market and in oyster samples associated with foodborne outbreaks by using the standard method and the A3T method.