Frank Harry Bloomfield

Abstract Appropriate terminology and definitions of neonatal encephalopathy (NE), hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), and perinatal asphyxia (PA) remain controversial. Participant criteria used in therapeutic hypothermia (TH) trials are frequently used as case definitions for NE/HIE/PA but studies are inconsistent. This review aims to assess variations in terminology and case participant criteria between trials for NE/HIE/PA.

Abstract Objective To investigate in extremely low birthweight (ELBW; <1000 g) babies the associations between refeeding syndrome (serum phosphate <1.4 mmol·L-1 and serum total calcium>2.8 mmol·L-1) and hypophosphataemia in the first week and death or neurodisability at 2 years’ corrected age (CA). Design Secondary cohort analysis of the ProVIDe trial participants with serum biochemistry within 7 days of birth.

Publication HistoryPublished online: November 30, 2017Accepted: September 28, 2017; Received in revised form: August 11, 2017; Received: May 5, 2017;