EDITORIAL | VOLUME 17/ISSUE 5, SEPTEMBER 2021

Establishing a neonatal telemedicine service in Liverpool

Fauzia Paize
Consultant Neonatologist, Liverpool Women’s Hospital
fauzia.paize@lwh.nhs.uk

Simon Minford
Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Innovation Consultant, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital

Joanne Minford
Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital

Christopher Dewhurst
Consultant Neonatologist, Liverpool Women’s Hospital

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Keywords

vaccination; side effects; cardiorespiratory event

Key points

Extremely preterm infants are at risk of CREs after their first vaccination and should be monitored in hospital.
This study shows that preterm infants who have been discharged from hospital are not at increased risk for developing relevant CREs after routine vaccination at two months of age.