Neonatal Research Priority Setting Partnership: help wanted

Katie Evans
Neonatal Research Priority Setting Partnership Project Co-ordinator and Clinical Research Fellow in Neonatal Medicine at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
katie.evans7@nhs.net

Chris Gale
Academic Neonatologist and Neonatal Society Meeting Secretary

Full text available by subscription ...

The full text of this article is available to subscribers in text, and in Tablet/iPad format and as a PDF file.

Please subscribe and log in to see the full article.

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.

Also published in Infant:

VOLUME 8/ISSUE 1, JANUARY 2012

Blood transfusion and necrotising enterocolitis: a review and survey into feeding practices during transfusion

Studies have identified a temporal association between packed red blood cell transfusion (PRBCT) and necrotising enterocolitis (NEC). Some researchers have suggested that stopping enteral feeds during a PRBCT may reduce the risk of NEC. A survey conducted by the authors in 2011 identified over a third of English neonatal units stopping or reducing feeds around the time of an elective blood transfusion in preterm infants. The evidence for the benefit of this practice is very limited.