Infant journal is the leading UK publication for the multidisciplinary team that cares for vulnerable sick or premature babies in their first year of life. Published bi-monthly, the journal contains authoritative articles with a clinical or practical bias written by experts in their field.
Abstracts of all articles are freely accessible by using the site search, or by browsing back issues. The full text of articles published from 2005 until September 2022 are available free of charge.
Current issue: September/October 2024
Natalie Fairhurst, Ahmad Alhamad, Haytham Ali
Dr S.P.N. Weerasekara, Dr Udoka Asoh
Fiona Allison, Surabhi Kumar, Raju Sunderesan
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From the September 2022 edition
FREE Investigating heart murmurs in neonates and children: reinvigorating the art of clinical medicine
Vikranth Bapu Anna Venugopalan
Heart murmurs are common in neonates and children; however, it is important to differentiate between an innocent murmur and a pathological murmur. Heart murmurs can arise from abnormalities of the cardiac valves and other cardiac structures resulting in abnormal, turbulent blood flow that causes an audible extra sound. Nowadays, clinicians rely more on an echocardiogram than on their clinical skills, yet careful auscultation of heart murmurs can characterise the nature of a murmur and aid the diagnosis of many cardiac conditions. This article reviews the role of heart murmurs in congenital heart disease, and how to evaluate and characterise heart murmurs. A comparison of pathological heart murmurs is provided along with a description of investigations and suggestions for when to refer heart murmurs for detailed cardiac assessment, which includes an echocardiogram.
FREE Navigating between technological and relational practice in neonatal care
Davy Evans
FREE Neonatal staff virtual debriefs: tips and pitfalls
Sarah Chan, Sarah-Jane Archibald
FREE The PAIR trial: is paracetamol the way forward in management of hsPDA?
Arin Mukherjee, Ruth Gottstein, Anupam Gupta
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