Infant journal

for neonatal and paediatric healthcare professionals

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 July/August 2024 are available free of charge.

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Current issue: August/September 2026

Implementing a wrapped holding technique to improve infant comfort and staff wellbeing during lumbar puncture
Shiby Mol Thannickal Mathew, Krishna Rajah

Infants undergoing lumbar puncture frequently experience agitation, pain and physiological instability due to inadequate positioning and excessive handling. Simultaneously, when maintaining traditional holding positions staff experience physical strain, increasing fatigue and risk of musculoskeletal injury. This quality improvement project implemented an evidence-based wrapped holding technique for neonatal lumbar puncture to improve infant comfort and staff wellbeing. Using a PDSA approach, outcomes showed reduced pain and agitation, improved physiological stability and shorter procedure times. Nursing staff reported easier positioning and significantly reduced strain, while medical staff noted improved access and smoother procedures.

The impact of ventilatory support and oxygen therapy in moderate to late pre-term infants on developmental outcomes
Jenny Buck, Dr Deepa Shastry, Dr Adam Galloway

Moderate and late pre-term (MPT/LPT) infants are often classified under universal care with allied health professionals’ (AHP) guidelines varying across the UK. Respiratory support impacts development in extremely pre-term as well as critically ill full-term infants requiring ventilation and may result in higher risk of cramped synchronised movements in MPT and LPT infants. Infants who required an increased duration of respiratory support would potentially benefit from AHP input due to the risk of the impact on development regardless of gestational age at birth. The authors review the impact of respiratory support in infants born 30⁺⁰ to 36⁺⁶ weeks’ gestation on developmental outcomes up to five years of age.

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From the July/August 2024 edition

FREE SONIC: A novel initiative by Burnley NICU
Rajasri Rao Seethamraju

SONIC stands for Stabilisation and Optimisation of Newborn Infant Course. This unique and innovative course was conceptualised and developed by the neonatal team at Burnley General Hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and is aimed at neonatal teams of local neonatal units (LNU) and special care units (SCU) in the Northwest Neonatal Operational Delivery Network (NWNODN). This paper describes the context, content, success and scope of this course.

FREE Is the current 36-hour blood culture reporting system leading to timely discharge?
Anupam Gupta, Maria Hadjicosta, Arindam Mukherjee

FREE Isolated radial nerve injury in newborns: Highlights on diagnosis
Moustafa Eldalal, Michael Gunn, Siddhartha Paliwal

FREE A case of molybdenum cofactor deficiency type B presenting in early neonatal life
Dr Matthew Rose, Dr Amy Henderson, Dr Nick Wood, Dr Chakrapani Vasudevan

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Technical advances in point-of-care testing to identify haemolysed samples and reduce errors in potassium readings

Published in Volume 21 Issue 6/December 2025

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