Summary The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a historic opportunity to
implement interventions, at scale, to promote early childhood development. Although the …

In brief The syndrome of preterm labor comprises multiple established and novel etiologies.
This review summarizes the distinct immune mechanisms implicated in preterm labor and …

As management of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) advances, clinicians must
continually revise their current practice. We report the fourth update of “European Guidelines …

Advances in the management of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) ensure that clinicians
must continue to revise current practice. We report the third update of the European …

Preterm babies are prone to serious illness or death during the neonatal period. Without
appropriate treatment, those who survive are at increased risk of lifelong disability and poor …

Background Preterm prelabour rupture of the fetal membranes (PPROM) precedes 30% of
preterm births and is a risk factor for early onset neonatal sepsis. As PPROM is strongly …

Despite recent advances in the perinatal management of neonatal respiratory distress
syndrome (RDS), controversies still exist. We report updated recommendations of a …

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common serious gastrointestinal morbidity in
preterm infants. A number of risk factors for NEC have been reported in the literature. With …

Progress has been made globally in improving the coverage of key maternal, newborn, and
early childhood interventions in low-income and middle-income countries, which has …

Background Disturbances in the early establishment of the intestinal microbiota may
produce important implications for the infant's health and for the risk of disease later on …