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Original articles

• Biochemical markers may identify preterm infants with a patent ductus arteriosus at high risk of death or severe intraventricular haemorrhage (19 February, 2008)

  A El-Khuffash, D Barry, K Walsh, P G Davis, E J Molloy
• Severe neonatal hypoxic respiratory failure correlates with histological chorioamnionitis and raised concentrations of interleukin 6 (IL6), IL8 and C-reactive protein (11 January, 2008)

  M Woldesenbet, C R Rosenfeld, O Ramilo, S Johnson-Welch, J M Perlman
• Continuous-infusion vancomycin therapy for preterm neonates with suspected or documented Gram-positive infections: a new dosage schedule (1 May, 2008)

  O Plan, G Cambonie, E Barbotte, P Meyer, C Devine, C Milesi, O Pidoux, M Badr, J C Picaud
• Incidence of retinopathy of prematurity in Lothian, Scotland, from 1990 to 2004 (7 May, 2008)

  C Dhaliwal, B Fleck, E Wright, C Graham, N McIntosh
• Interleukin-6 (−174C) polymorphism and the risk of sepsis in very low birth weight infants: meta-analysis (28 March, 2008)

  M Chauhan, W McGuire
• The INNOVO multicentre randomised controlled trial: neonatal ventilation with inhaled nitric oxide versus ventilatory support without nitric oxide for severe respiratory failure in preterm infants: follow up at 4–5 years (28 March, 2008)

  C L Huddy, C C Bennett, P Hardy, D Field, D Elbourne, R Grieve, A Truesdale, K Diallo
• Lung volume and cardiorespiratory changes during open and closed endotracheal suction in ventilated newborn infants (27 February, 2008)

  A B Hoellering, B Copnell, P A Dargaville, J F Mills, C J Morley, D G Tingay
• Antenatal glucocorticoid treatment is not associated with long-term metabolic risks in individuals born before 32 weeks of gestation (1 May, 2008)

  M J J Finken, M G Keijzer-Veen, F W Dekker, M Frölich, F J Walther, J A Romijn, B J van der Heijden, J M Wit
• Effect of gestation on initiation and duration of breastfeeding (1 May, 2008)

  S M Donath, L H Amir