OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal Edition is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Probiotics for preterm infants and the recent FDA alert in the USA	63
Evaluating decision regret after extremely preterm birth	45
Emotional journey of Asian mothers of premature infants who received pasteurised donor human milk: a qualitative study	41
Ductus arteriosus and the preterm brain	40
Doxapram for apnea of prematurity – the importance of maintaining equipoise	38
Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia: lessons learnt from a national perinatal audit	37
Fetal haemoglobin and oxygen requirement in preterm infants: an observational study	37
Prolonged use of closed-loop inspired oxygen support in preterm infants: a randomised controlled trial	33
Near-infrared spectroscopy during respiratory support at birth: a systematic review	32
Observational cohort study of use of caffeine in preterm infants and association between early caffeine use and neonatal outcomes	27
Growth and respiratory status at 3 years of age after moderate preterm, late preterm and early term births: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study	25
Aetiology and outcomes of prolonged neonatal jaundice in tertiary centres: data from the China Neonatal Genome Project	25
Fantoms	24
Sebaceous naevus syndrome with multisystemic manifestations	24
Association between maternal sociodemographic characteristics and exclusive mother’s own milk feeding in preterm infants: a cohort study using data from the National Neonatal Research Database	24
Pulmonary artery peak Doppler velocity as an estimator of systemic blood flow and predictor of intraventricular haemorrhage in preterm infants: a multicentre prognostic accuracy study	24
Re: Birth weight and head circumference for 22–29 weeks gestation neonates from an international cohort	23
New guidelines for congenital diaphragmatic hernia: what is next?	23
Relationships between early postnatal cranial ultrasonography linear measures and neurodevelopment at 2 years in infants born at <30 weeks’ gestational age without major brain injury	23
Perinatal medicine’s best treatment: how should we be using antenatal steroids?	23
Plasma transfusions in neonatal intensive care units: a prospective observational study	21
Cost of operating a human milk bank in the UK: a microcosting analysis	21
Neonatal skin antisepsis with alcohol-based compared to aqueous 2% chlorhexidine, used in moderate preterm infants or extremely preterm infants after the first week of life, is safe and may be associa	20
Lung volume changes during apnoeas in preterm infants	19
National priority setting partnership using a Delphi consensus process to develop neonatal research questions suitable for practice-changing randomised trials in the UK	19

Short-term pulmonary and systemic effects of hydrocortisone initiated 7–14 days after birth in ventilated very preterm infants: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial	19
Evolution of the Sarnat exam and association with 2-year outcomes in infants with moderate or severe hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy: a secondary analysis of the HEAL Trial	19
Feasibility of and experience using a portable MRI scanner in the neonatal intensive care unit	18
Prevalence of symptomatic tracheal morbidities after fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis	18
Validation of a machine learning algorithm for predicting hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy	18
Reducing antibiotic exposure in early life: how low can we go?	18
Timing and adequacy of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis: new insights for future guidelines	18
Neurodevelopment at age 5.5 years according to Ages & Stages Questionnaire at 2 years’ corrected age in children born preterm: the EPIPAGE-2 cohort study	17
Surfactant therapy via thin catheter in newborn infants in Ireland	17
Grade 3 school performance among children born preterm: a population-based cohort study	16
Effect of initial and subsequent mask applications on breathing and heart rate in preterm infants at birth	16
Volume of umbilical cord blood collection in the era of delayed cord clamping: a multicentre, prospective, feasibility study	16
Characteristics and outcomes of neonates hospitalised with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK by variant: a prospective national cohort study	16
Current practice of neonatal community outreach teams in England, Wales and Scotland	16
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia and neurobehavioural outcomes at birth and 2 years in infants born before 30 weeks	16
Term neonatal admissions for hypoglycaemia in England and Wales, 2012–2020: a population-based study using the National Neonatal Research Database	15
Estimated neonatal survival of very preterm births across the care pathway: a UK cohort 2016–2020	14
Neonatal transfusion practice: undesired variation or personalised medicine?	14
Fantoms	14
How deep is too deep and how long is too long? The effect of haemoglobin concentration on buffering capacity during desaturation in preterm infants	14
Long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely preterm infants born at 22–26 weeks gestation: a follow-up of 2–2.5 years across two Swedish national cohorts from 2004–2007 to 2014–2016	14
Neonatal high-frequency oscillatory ventilation: where are we now?	14
Fantoms	14
Voices of experience: what Dutch parents teach us about values and intuition in periviable decisions	14
Mucous fistula refeeding in neonates: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Trends in the use of non-invasive respiratory support for term infants in tertiary neonatal units in Australia and New Zealand	13
Experiences of healthcare personnel with death in the neonatal intensive care unit: a systematic review of qualitative studies	12
Comparison of regional versus global growth charts for the classification of small-for-gestational age neonates	12
Severe case of aplasia cutis congenita	12
Association of gestational day with antenatal management and the mortality and respiratory outcomes of extremely preterm infants	12
Effect of interface dead space on the time taken to achieve changes in set FiO₂ during T-piece ventilation: is face mask the optimal interface for neonatal stabilisation?	12
Value of targeted testing for cytomegalovirus in preterm infants: 7 years’ experience at a tertiary London hospital	12
Rescue high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in UK neonatal intensive care units	12
Effect of antibiotics in the first week of life on faecal microbiota development	12
Development of a dedicated ‘drive-through’ pathway for neonates with bilious vomiting: a prospective cohort study	11
Improving outcomes for very preterm babies in England: does place of birth matter? Findings from OPTI-PREM, a national cohort study	11
A randomised trial comparing weaning from CPAP alone with weaning using heated humidified high flow nasal cannula in very preterm infants: the CHiPS study	11
Introducing physician associates: a new wave of health professionals in neonatology	11
Effect of enteral supplementation of DHA with or without ARA in preterm infants: a meta-analysis	11
Timing and dosage of intrapartum prophylactic penicillin for preventing early-onset group B streptococcal disease: assessing maternal and umbilical cord blood concentration	10
How is mum? Think herpes in unwell mother and baby pairs: a multicentre case series	10
Function over diagnoses: parents of extremely preterm infants give recommendations to clinicians about their information needs	10
Predicting extubation failure in preterm infants using lung ultrasound: a diagnostic accuracy study	10
Movement of peripherally inserted central catheters in relation to limb movement in neonates: a prospective observational study	10
Prevention and treatment of autoimmune-mediated congenital heart block: practice provider survey from UK cardiac centres	9
Clinical usefulness of reintubation criteria in extremely preterm infants: a cohort study	9
Neonatal brain magnetic resonance imaging: clinical indications, acquisition and reporting	9
Electronic monitoring of infants at home: for many families a questionable practice that may come at a cost	9
Thermal care for preterm infants in the delivery room has not been compromised since the routine adoption of delayed cord clamping in our unit	9
Infective atrial thrombus	9

Factors associated with the increased incidence of necrotising enterocolitis in extremely preterm infants in Sweden between two population-based national cohorts (2004–2007 vs 2014–2016)	9
Current management of neonatal abstinence syndrome: a survey of practice in the UK and Ireland	9
Is it time for routine probiotic use in UK neonatal units?	9
Maternal and infant outcomes in women with sickle cell disease: a matched cohort study	8
Gestational age and hospital admission costs from birth to childhood: a population-based record linkage study in England	8
Video versus direct laryngoscopy for urgent tracheal intubation in neonates: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Delayed cord clamping and the response to bradycardia immediately after birth	8
Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in Scottish neonates 2020–2022: a national, population-based cohort study	8
Kangaroo mother care improves cardiorespiratory physiology in preterm infants: an observational study	8
Automatic oxygen control for reducing extremes of oxygen saturation: a randomised controlled trial	8
Hydrocortisone in very preterm neonates for BPD prevention: meta-analysis and effect size modifiers	8
Brain 3T magnetic resonance imaging in neonates: features and incidental findings from a research cohort enriched for preterm birth	8
Fragility and resilience: parental and family perspectives on the impacts of extreme prematurity	8
Lung volume distribution in preterm infants on non-invasive high-frequency ventilation	7
Clinical outcomes of Staphylococcus capitis isolation from neonates, England, 2015–2021: a retrospective case–control study	7
Trials of medications for neonatal seizures: time for pragmatism	7
Chest compressions superimposed with sustained inflation during neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: are we ready for a clinical trial?	7
Treatment of Hypotension of Prematurity: a randomised trial	7
Does donor sex influence the potential for transfusion with washed packed red blood cells to limit transfusion-related immune responses in preterm newborns?	7
Outcome at 4.5 years after dextrose gel treatment of hypoglycaemia: follow-up of the Sugar Babies randomised trial	7
Premedication for less invasive surfactant administration: a narrative review	7
Automated tactile stimulation in response to cardiorespiratory events in preterm infants: a feasibility study	7
Randomised control trial of oxygen assist module in preterm infants on high-flow nasal cannula support	7
Modelling the association of reduction in PM_2.5 with medically attended acute respiratory illness in infants with mild bronchopulmonary dysplasia	7
Thermal care for very preterm infants in the delivery room in the era of delayed cord clamping	7
Epignathus	7
Preliminary study of automated oxygen titration at birth for preterm infants	7
Vitamin K: missed at peril—the case for extra supplementation to prevent deficiency in breastfed preterm infants	7
Family experiences of antenatal counselling of spina bifida: a systematic review	7
Kernicterus in neonates from ethnic minorities in the UK	7
Maternal treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy and delayed neonatal adaptation: a population-based cohort study	7
Reliability of respiratory function monitor interpretation for neonatal resuscitation	7
Do newborn infants exhale through the CPAP system? Secondary analysis of a randomised cross-over trial	7
Time to positivity of blood cultures in neonatal late-onset bacteraemia	7
Herpes simplex virus infection among neonates suspected of invasive bacterial infection: a population-based cohort study	7
Neurodevelopmental outcome at 5.5 years in Dutch preterm infants born at 24–26 weeks’ gestational age: the EPI-DAF study	7
A novel human milk fortifier supports adequate growth in very low birth weight infants: a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial	6
Caffeine to prevent intermittent hypoxaemia in late preterm infants: randomised controlled dosage trial	6
Change in neurodevelopmental outcomes for extremely premature infants over time: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Video analysis of neonatal intubations using video laryngoscopy: a prospective comparison of clinical practice with resuscitation guidelines	6
Serial physical examination to reduce unnecessary antibiotic exposure in newborn infants: a population-based study	6
Prognostic value of echocardiographic parameters in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Lactate acidosis and hypoglycaemia in twin anaemia polycythemia sequence donors	6
Exposure to umbilical cord management approaches and death or neurodevelopmental impairment at 22–26 months’ corrected age after extremely preterm birth	6
Diagnosis and management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a 2023 update from the Canadian Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Collaborative	6
Antibiotic use among extremely low birth-weight infants from 2009 to 2021: a retrospective observational study	6
Neonatal jaundice in infants born at 37 weeks: is NICE treating too many?	6
Apnoea-triggered increase in fraction of inspired oxygen in preterm infants: a randomised cross-over study	6
Reduced calf muscle growth in NICU graduates compared with typically developing term infants: 12-month longitudinal study of infant muscle growth	6
Prophylactic cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor drugs for the prevention of morbidity and mortality in extremely preterm infants: a clinical practice guideline incorporating family values and preferences	6
Tributyrin ester-impregnated pH strips for confirming neonatal feeding tube placement: a diagnostic test accuracy study	6
Nasal high-flow therapy to Optimise Stability during Intubation: the NOSI pilot trial	6
Mask ventilation using volume-targeted neonatal ventilator for neonatal resuscitation: a randomised cross-over simulation study	6
Impact of adopting a neonatal sepsis risk calculator in a diverse population in Birmingham, UK	6
Polyethylene bags before cord clamping in very preterm infants: a randomised controlled trial	6
Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis of infancy	6
Variation in hospital morbidities in an Australian neonatal intensive care unit network	6
Pulmonary hypertension in preterm neonates with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a meta-analysis	6