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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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30 May 2018
An architect‘s view on the new Parents, Baby, and Family Centre in the Children’s Hospital Dritter Orden Passau
An interview with Roland Schuster from g|s architects in Büchlberg, Germany Which special challenges did you meet as the architect of this project? The Parents, Baby, and Family Centre (Eltern-,...
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30 May 2018
A chief physician’s view on the new Parent, Baby, and Family Centre in the Children’s Hospital Dritter Orden Passau
A guest article by Professor Matthias Keller, head physician and clinical manager of the children’s hospital Dritter Orden Passau The idea: Arranging intensive care and cosiness, so that families can authentically...
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29 May 2018
Pregnancy and Pre-eclampsia – an interview with high-risk patient Cathleen Simnick
Question: Have you ever come across the term Pre-eclampsia before or in the beginning of your pregnancy? Cathleen Simnick: Frankly speaking, I have never heard of pre-eclampsia before I got...
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17 May 2018
EFCNI at the Annual Meeting of ESPGHAN
The 51st Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 9 to 12 May 2018. At the EFCNI booth,...
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16 May 2018
Lighthouse Project: NICU Design at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
A guest article by Vita Lerman, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, USA Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is a state-of-the-art, 22-floor facility that opened...
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14 May 2018
Relaunch of EFCNI website and newsletter
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of EFCNI in 2018, the EFCNI website came up in a fresh, modern design. The aim was to give users an easy access...
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17 April 2018
Lung function in children born extremely preterm
Some babies born too early show signs and symptoms later in life that may be long-term consequences of preterm birth. To look at this in more detail, follow-up studies are...
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