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27 July 2018
Lighthouse Project: the neonatal butterfly project – support for grieving parents and guidance for health professionals
July is the month where we shed light on the complex and sensitive topic of ethical decision making and palliative care in neonatology and obstetrics. One outstanding project as part...
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19 July 2018
EFCNI roundtable on neonatal parenteral nutrition
On 4 July 2018, experts from various European countries came together in Munich, Germany, for the EFCNI roundtable on neonatal parenteral nutrition. Parenteral nutrition is a feeding therapy that provides...
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09 July 2018
There is a great need for urgent pan-European harmonisation
An interview with Professor Charles Christoph Roehr, President of the European Society for Paediatric Research, on the topic Medical care and clinical practice In terms of medical practice in neonatology...
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27 June 2018
Surfactant replacement therapy – a milestone in neonatology
The Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) is a lung disorder that is mostly seen in preterm babies, especially those born before week 30. It is caused by a lack of surfactant,...
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26 June 2018
Lighthouse project: a baby saving innovation – the Embrace infant warmer
One of our lighthouse projects in the field of Medical care is the Embrace warmer. It was designed to improve healthcare in low-resource settings to help vulnerable newborns survive and...
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22 June 2018
EFCNI at the annual meeting of the GNPI
The 44th annual meeting of the GNPI (Society for Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine) took place from 7 – 9 June 2018 in Rostock, Germany. About 1,300 experts were...
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15 June 2018
BOOK REVIEW: “Nutritional Care of Preterm Infants: Scientific Basis and Practical Guidelines”
Koletzko B, Poindexter B, Uauy R (eds.): Nutritional Care of Preterm Infants: Scientific Basis and Practical Guidelines. World Rev Nutr Diet. Basel, Karger, 2014, vol 110. The book Nutritional...
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13 June 2018
SHIPS (Screening to Improve Health in Very Preterm Infants in Europe) meeting in Antwerp
At the beginning of June 2018 all members of the SHIPS project – Screening to Improve Health in Very Preterm Infants in Europe (SHIPS) – met in Antwerp, Belgium, for...
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30 May 2018
Lighthouse project in NICU design: the new Parents, Baby and Family Centre at the Children’s Hospital Dritter Orden Passau, Germany
After five years of intensive planning and construction work, last year the Dritter Orden Clinic in Passau, South Germany, celebrated the opening of its new Parents-Baby-and Family centre. Realising this...
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30 May 2018
An interior planner‘s view on the new Parents, Baby, and Family Centre in the Children’s Hospital Dritter Orden Passau
An interview with interior planner Sigrid Stjerneby As an interior architect, which special requirements did you face in this project? I would like to point out that I am not an...
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