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Original articles

• A randomised placebo-controlled trial of early treatment of the patent ductus arteriosus (6 December, 2013)

  Martin Kluckow, Michele Jeffery, Andy Gill, Nick Evans
• Early versus late enteral prophylactic iron supplementation in preterm very low birth weight infants: a randomised controlled trial (3 December, 2013)

  Rojo Joy, Sriram Krishnamurthy, Adhisivam Bethou, Medha Rajappa, P H Ananthanarayanan, B Vishnu Bhat
• Lactobacillus Reuteri for the prevention of necrotising enterocolitis in very low birthweight infants: a randomised controlled trial

  (5 December, 2013)

  Mehmet Yekta Oncel, Fatma Nur Sari, Sema Arayici, Nilufer Guzoglu, Omer Erdeve, Nurdan Uras, Serife Suna Oguz, Ugur Dilmen
• Epidural analgesia in labour and neonatal respiratory distress: a case-control study (29 October, 2013)

  Manoj Kumar, Sue Chandra, Zainab Ijaz, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan
• Human or monitor feedback to improve mask ventilation during simulated neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (25 October, 2013)

  Corinna Binder, Georg M Schmölzer, Megan O'Reilly, Bernhard Schwaberger, Berndt Urlesberger, Gerhard Pichler
• Definitions of extubation success in very premature infants: a systematic review (18 November, 2013)

  Annie Giaccone, Erik Jensen, Peter Davis, Barbara Schmidt
• Heliox for mechanically ventilated newborns with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (15 November, 2013)

  Tomasz Szczapa, Janusz Gadzinowski, Jerzy Moczko, T Allen Merritt
• Patient comfort during treatment with heated humidified high flow nasal cannulae versus nasal continuous positive airway pressure: a randomised cross-over trial (13 November, 2013)

  Claus Klingenberg, Marit Pettersen, Elin A Hansen, Linn J Gustavsen, Ingvild A Dahl, Arild Leknessund, Per I Kaaresen, Marianne Nordhov
• Compliance with the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative and impact on breastfeeding rates (25 November, 2013)

  Summer Sherburne Hawkins, Ariel Dora Stern, Christopher F Baum, Matthew W Gillman
• Rapid target allopurinol concentrations in the hypoxic fetus after maternal administration during labour (18 December, 2013)

  J J Kaandorp, M P H van den Broek, M J N L Benders, M A Oudijk, M M Porath, S Bambang Oetomo, M G A J Wouters, Ruurd van Elburg, M T M Franssen, A F Bos, B W J Mol, G H A Visser, F van Bel, C M A Rademaker, J B Derks, for the ALLO-trial Study Group
• The long-term psychosocial outcomes following excision of sacrococcygeal teratoma: a national study (25 November, 2013)

  Mohamed Sameh Shalaby, Liam Dorris, Robert Carachi