NNAP can help neonatal units to plan improvement

Of the 750,000 babies born each year in England, Scotland and Wales, nearly 105,000 receive specialist neonatal care. The National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) supports professionals, families and commissioners in their efforts to evolve and improve the care provided to these babies.

Sam Oddie
Consultant Neonatologist and Clinical Lead for the National Neonatal Audit Programme
nnap@rcpch.ac.uk

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Keywords

transient vasospasm; ischaemia

Key points

The arterial spasm is a well-known complication of arterial catheterisation in neonates.
Transient peripheral vasospasm may occur in the preterm baby without any obvious precipitating factors.

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