A newly-published Cochrane review reveals significant gaps in the clinical rating scales used to assess pain in newborn babies, highlighting the urgent need for improved tools and global collaboration ...

Assessment for the risk factors and clinical indicators of early-onset neonatal infection can identify those babies who are at increased risk or who are showing possible signs of infection. Early ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough device designation to CergenX’s AI-powered tool for neonatal brain scans. The Irish startup will now be in line for prioritised ...

Some researchers have used a more liberal definition of the neonatal abstinence syndrome that includes exposure to nonopioid substances. This can be problematic because the assessment tools for the ...

In 1985, a premature baby was born in Maryland who needed surgery to tie off a dangerous blood vessel near his heart. The newborn, Jeffrey, died weeks after the procedure. His family learned ...

In addition to the breastfeeding assessment tools described here, other parameters that must also be assessed by health care professionals to assure that adequate milk transfer is occurring include: 1 ...