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A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Behavioral Voice Therapy for Dysphonia Related to Prematurity of Birth

scientific article published on 8 September 2016

A clinical audit of the growth of preterm infants fed predominantly pasteurised donor human milk v. those fed mother's own milk in the neonatal intensive care unit

scientific article published on 05 April 2019

A method for standardizing the fat content of human milk for use in the neonatal intensive care unit

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Achieving definitive results in long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation trials of term infants: factors for consideration.

scientific article published on April 2011

Aggressive nutrition for preterm infants--benefits and risks

scientific article published on 27 September 2007

Allergic disease in the first year of life is associated with differences in subsequent neurodevelopment and behaviour.

scientific article published on 28 January 2012

An intervention promoting exclusive and prolonged breast feeding improved verbal intelligence scores in children at 6.5 years

scientific article published on 01 December 2008

Antimicrobial protein and Peptide concentrations and activity in human breast milk consumed by preterm infants at risk of late-onset neonatal sepsis

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Autism spectrum disorder in children born preterm-role of exposure to perinatal inflammation

scientific article published on 22 July 2013

Benefits of Bifidobacterium breve M-16V Supplementation in Preterm Neonates - A Retrospective Cohort Study

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Best practice guidelines for the operation of a donor human milk bank in an Australian NICU.

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Bifidobacterium breve M-16V as a Probiotic for Preterm Infants: A Strain-Specific Systematic Review.

scientific article published on August 2017

Breastfeeding and overweight: longitudinal analysis in an Australian birth cohort

scientific article published in July 2005

Can polymorphisms in the fatty acid desaturase (FADS) gene cluster alter the effects of fish oil supplementation on plasma and erythrocyte fatty acid profiles? An exploratory study

scientific article published on 19 September 2017

Characterisation of sucking dynamics of breastfeeding preterm infants: a cross sectional study

scientific article published on 17 November 2017

Chronic maternal infections during pregnancy

scientific article published on 24 September 2012

Cognitive assessment of children at age 2(1/2) years after maternal fish oil supplementation in pregnancy: a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 21 December 2006

Comparing different methods of human breast milk fortification using measured v. assumed macronutrient composition to target reference growth: a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 02 December 2015

Comparison of wide field imaging by nurses with indirect ophthalmoscopy by ophthalmologists for retinopathy of prematurity: a diagnostic accuracy study

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

Congenital malaria in a preterm infant.

scientific article published in December 2003

Delayed versus Immediate Cord Clamping in Preterm Infants.

scientific article published on 29 October 2017

Design and characterization of a human milk product for the preterm infant

scientific article published in April 2010

Determinants of DHA levels in early infancy: differential effects of breast milk and direct fish oil supplementation

scientific article published on 08 May 2012

Digestion of Human Milk Oligosaccharides by Bifidobacterium breve in the Premature Infant.

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Docosahexaenoic Acid and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Preterm Infants.

scientific article published in March 2017

Docosahexaenoic Acid and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Term Infants

scientific article published on 15 November 2016

Docosahexaenoic acid supplementation of preterm infants and parent-reported symptoms of allergic disease at 7 years corrected age: follow-up of a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Does after-hours in-house senior physician cover improve standard of care and outcomes in high-risk preterm neonates? A retrospective cohort study

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Does docosahexaenoic acid supplementation in term infants enhance neurocognitive functioning in infancy?

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Dose-effect study of domperidone as a galactagogue in preterm mothers with insufficient milk supply, and its transfer into milk

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Duration of anaemia during the first week of life is an independent risk factor for retinopathy of prematurity

scientific article published on 15 December 2017

Dysphonia in extremely preterm children: A longitudinal observation.

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Dysphonia in preterm children: assessing incidence and response to treatment.

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Dysphonia in very preterm children: a review of the evidence

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Early Use of Antibiotics Is Associated with a Lower Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm, Very Low Birth Weight Infants: Neomune-NeoNutriNet Cohort Study

scientific article published on 14 June 2020

Early introduction of lipids to parenterally-fed preterm infants

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Early neurodevelopmental outcomes of congenital gastrointestinal surgical conditions: a single-centre retrospective study

scientific article published on 11 August 2020

Economic implications of poor access to antenatal care in rural and remote Western Australian Aboriginal communities: An individual sampling model of pregnancy

scientific article published in April 2013

Editorial - Nutrition of the preterm infant. Best Practice Guidelines on nutrition of preterm infants

scientific article published on 04 October 2007

Effect of Bifidobacterium breve M-16V supplementation on faecal bifidobacteria in growth restricted very preterm infants - analysis from a randomised trial

scientific article published on 26 February 2016

Effect of Bifidobacterium breve M-16V supplementation on fecal bifidobacteria in preterm neonates--a randomised double blind placebo controlled trial

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Effect of preterm birth and antenatal corticosteroid treatment on lactogenesis II in women

scientific article published in January 2008

Effect of vacuum-release teat versus standard teat use on feeding milestones and breastfeeding outcomes in very preterm infants: A randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 22 March 2019

Effects of antenatal corticosteroids on urinary markers of the initiation of lactation in pregnant women

scientific article published in December 2009

Effects of high-dose fish oil supplementation during early infancy on neurodevelopment and language: a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 21 February 2012

Effects of lactoferrin on neonatal pathogens and Bifidobacterium breve in human breast milk

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Effects of maturation and size on population pharmacokinetics of pentoxifylline and its metabolites in very preterm infants with suspected late-onset sepsis or necrotising enterocolitis: a pilot study incorporating clinical outcomes

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Effects of maturation and size on population pharmacokinetics of pentoxifylline and its metabolites in very preterm infants with suspected late-onset sepsis or necrotizing enterocolitis: a pilot study incorporating clinical outcomes

Enteral vitamin A for reducing severity of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infants: a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 16 December 2017

Estimates of Preterm Infants' Breastfeeding Transfer Volumes Are Not Reliably Accurate

scientific article published on 28 February 2020

Exposure to chorioamnionitis alters the monocyte transcriptional response to the neonatal pathogen Staphylococcus epidermidis.

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

FADS1 and FADS2 Polymorphisms Modulate Fatty Acid Metabolism and Dietary Impact on Health

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Feasibility of using ultrasound to measure preterm body composition and to assess macronutrient influences on tissue accretion rates

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Feasibility study: Assessing the influence of macronutrient intakes on preterm body composition, using air displacement plethysmography

scientific article published on 14 April 2015

Fish Oil (SMOFlipid) and olive oil lipid (Clinoleic) in very preterm neonates.

scientific article published in February 2014

Fish-oil supplementation: the controversy continues

scientific article published on 16 December 2015

Four-week nutritional audit of preterm infants born <33 weeks gestation

scientific article published on 11 December 2012

Fracture and fortified breast milk in an extremely preterm infant.

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Frenulotomy for breastfeeding infants with ankyloglossia: effect on milk removal and sucking mechanism as imaged by ultrasound

scientific article published on 23 June 2008

Gastric Emptying and Curding of Pasteurized Donor Human Milk and Mother's Own Milk in Preterm Infants

scientific article published on 01 July 2015

Gastric emptying of different meal volumes of identical composition in preterm infants: a time series analysis.

scientific article published on 22 November 2017

Gastrointestinal contrast studies in high-risk neonates with suspected necrotising enterocolitis--a note of caution

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High frequency jet ventilation in preterm infants: experience from Western Australia

scientific article published on 20 March 2018

Histologic Chorioamnionitis Is Associated With Reduced Risk of Late-Onset Sepsis in Preterm Infants

scientific article published on 12 December 2011

Histological chorioamnionitis and developmental outcomes in very preterm infants

scientific article published on 05 December 2018

Human Milk Fortification

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Human milk intake in preterm infants and neurodevelopment at 18 months corrected age.

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Identification of generic and pathogen-specific cord blood monocyte transcriptomes reveals a largely conserved response in preterm and term newborn infants.

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Impaired cytokine responses to live Staphylococcus epidermidis in preterm infants precede Gram-positive late-onset sepsis

scientific article published on 21 January 2020

Implementation of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding programme in DR Congo

scientific article published on 31 July 2015

Improvement in long-term breastfeeding for very preterm infants

scientific article published on 18 March 2015

Inactivation of Cytomegalovirus in Breast Milk Using Ultraviolet-C Irradiation: Opportunities for a New Treatment Option in Breast Milk Banking.

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Inflammatory and haematological markers in the maternal, umbilical cord and infant circulation in histological chorioamnionitis

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Influences of breast milk composition on gastric emptying in preterm infants

scientific article published on 01 February 2015

Innate immunity in human newborn infants: prematurity means more than immaturity.

scientific article published on 23 June 2010

Intravenous levetiracetam for treatment of neonatal seizures

scientific article published on 07 May 2013

Lactoferrin Expression Is Not Associated with Late-Onset Sepsis in Very Preterm Infants

scientific article published on 28 August 2020

Laryngeal pathology at school age following very preterm birth.

scientific article published on 3 January 2015

Late-onset right-sided diaphragmatic hernia in neonates - case report and review of the literature.

scientific article published on 17 January 2007

Leukocyte Populations in Human Preterm and Term Breast Milk Identified by Multicolour Flow Cytometry.

scientific article published on 19 August 2015

Levels of innate immune factors in preterm and term mothers' breast milk during the 1st month postpartum.

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Lipids for parenteral nutrition in neonates.

scientific article published on March 2011

Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in infants born at term.

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Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in preterm infants

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Longchain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in infants born at term

scientific article (publication date: 7 December 2011)

Longchain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in infants born at term

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Longchain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in preterm infants

scientific article (publication date: 16 February 2011)

Longchain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in preterm infants

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Longchain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in preterm infants.

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Lung volume and ventilation inhomogeneity in preterm infants at 15-18 months corrected age.

scientific article published on 21 December 2009

Maternal Chorioamnionitis and Postneonatal Respiratory Tract Infection in Ex-Preterm Infants

scientific article published on 20 February 2017

Maternal fish oil supplementation in pregnancy: a 12 year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial.

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Measuring milk synthesis in breastfeeding mothers

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Method of bacterial killing differentially affects the human innate immune response to Staphylococcus epidermidis.

scientific article published on 31 August 2010

Multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids

scientific article published in The Lancet

NOD1 and NOD2 expression and function in very preterm infant mononuclear cells

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Neonatal immune responses to coagulase-negative staphylococci

scientific article published on August 2007

Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants Fed High-Dose Docosahexaenoic Acid: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Neurodevelopmental outcomes at 7 years' corrected age in preterm infants who were fed high-dose docosahexaenoic acid to term equivalent: a follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

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Neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm infants fed high-dose docosahexaenoic acid: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on January 2009

Novel feeding system to promote establishment of breastfeeds after preterm birth: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 10 December 2015

Omega 3 Fatty Acid Supplements and Cardiovascular Health: Commentary on the article by de Jong et al. on page 411 ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 October 2011

Outcomes in preterm small versus appropriate for gestation infants after Bifidobacterium breve M-16 V supplementation

scientific article published on 22 November 2018

Outcomes of Two Trials of Oxygen-Saturation Targets in Preterm Infants

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Oxygen saturation and outcomes in preterm infants

scientific article published on 5 May 2013

Parenteral lipid emulsions based on olive oil compared with soybean oil in preterm (<28 weeks' gestation) neonates: a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published in November 2009

Patent ductus arteriosus in extremely preterm infants receiving phototherapy: does shielding the chest make a difference? A randomized, controlled trial

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Pentoxifylline Reduces the Incidence and Severity of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in a Neonatal Rat Model

scientific article published in August 2006

Peritoneal drainage versus laparotomy as initial surgical treatment for perforated necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm and low birth weight infants

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Peritoneal drainage versus laparotomy as initial surgical treatment for perforated necrotizing enterocolitis or spontaneous intestinal perforation in preterm low birth weight infants

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Phagocytosis of neonatal pathogens by peripheral blood neutrophils and monocytes from newborn preterm and term infants.

scientific article published on 2 September 2013

Physiology of lactation in preterm mothers: initiation and maintenance

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

Plasma zinc concentrations in iron supplemented low birthweight infants.

scientific article published in November 1986

Poractant alfa versus beractant for respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants: A retrospective cohort study

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Practice of parenteral nutrition in VLBW and ELBW infants

scientific article published on 11 April 2014

Pre- and post-term growth in pre-term infants supplemented with higher-dose DHA: a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published in June 2011

Predictors of body mass index and associations with cardiovascular risk factors in Australian children: a prospective cohort study.

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Prematurity and Mortality in Childhood and Early Adulthood

scientific article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association

Preterm Infant Feeding: A Mechanistic Comparison between a Vacuum Triggered Novel Teat and Breastfeeding.

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Preterm human milk composition: a systematic literature review.

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Preterm infants have deficient monocyte and lymphocyte cytokine responses to group B streptococcus

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Preterm infants with chronic lung disease: are protein and energy intakes after discharge sufficient for optimal growth?

scientific article published on 21 November 2010

Probiotic Supplementation and Late-Onset Sepsis in Preterm Infants: A Meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 12 February 2016

Probiotic supplementation in neonates with major gastrointestinal surgical conditions: a systematic review

scientific article published on 10 April 2017

Probiotics and antimicrobial protein and peptide levels in preterm infants.

scientific article published on 12 March 2017

Protocol for assessing if behavioural functioning of infants born <29 weeks' gestation is improved by omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids: follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

publication published on 05 May 2021

Protocol for assessing whether cognition of preterm infants <29 weeks' gestation can be improved by an intervention with the omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA): a follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

publication published on 05 February 2021

Re: communication skills training in paediatrics

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

Reduced levels of antimicrobial proteins and peptides in human cord blood plasma

scientific article published in May 2009

Repeatability of gastric volume measurements and intragastric content using ultrasound in preterm infants

scientific article published on 01 August 2014

Responsiveness of human monocytes to the commensal bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis develops late in gestation

scientific article published on 29 March 2012

Retention of the immunological proteins of pasteurized human milk in relation to pasteurizer design and practice

scientific article published on 01 October 2009

Rhodococcus equi meningitis after ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion in a preterm infant

scientific article published on 01 November 2007

Saliva for Assessing Vitamin A Status in Extremely Preterm Infants: A Diagnostic Study

scientific article published on 28 February 2020

Selenium status of term infants fed selenium-supplemented formula in a randomized dose-response trial

scientific article published on 01 July 2008

Short-term rate of milk synthesis and expression interval of preterm mothers

scientific article published on 11 July 2019

Simultaneous pasteurization and homogenization of human milk by combining heat and ultrasound: effect on milk quality

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Standardised neonatal parenteral nutrition formulations - Australasian neonatal parenteral nutrition consensus update 2017

scientific article published on 08 February 2020

Standardised parenteral nutrition

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Survey of the current practices for neonatal gastrointestinal contrast studies in Australia

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

Telephone-based peer support increased the duration of breast-feeding in primiparous mothers

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

The Knowns and Unknowns of Human Milk Banking ⬇️

scientific article published on 03 October 2011

The N3RO trial: a randomised controlled trial of docosahexaenoic acid to reduce bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants < 29 weeks' gestation.

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The effect of supplementation with fish oil during pregnancy on breast milk immunoglobulin A, soluble CD14, cytokine levels and fatty acid composition.

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The effects of fish oil supplementation in pregnancy on breast milk fatty acid composition over the course of lactation: a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published in December 2007

The hypoxia challenge test does not accurately predict hypoxia in flight in ex-preterm neonates

scientific article published on 15 January 2008

The international code of marketing of breastmilk substitutes

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

The knowns and unknowns of human milk banking.

scientific article published on 19 September 2009

Time to Full Enteral Feeding for Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants Varies Markedly Among Hospitals Worldwide But May Not Be Associated With Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis: The NEOMUNE-NeoNutriNet Cohort Study

scientific article published on 22 November 2018

Validation of WINROP (online prediction model) to identify severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in an Australian preterm population: a retrospective study

scientific article published on 17 July 2020

Vitamin A supplementation for prevention of mortality and morbidity in moderate and late preterm infants

Voice problems in school-aged children following very preterm birth.

scientific article published on 23 February 2016

World Health Organization growth charts for monitoring the growth of Australian children: time to begin the debate

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