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Fetus and Newborn Committee

Position statements

Skin-to-skin care (SSC) for term and preterm infants
Posted: Jan 11, 2024
Care considerations for infants born to mothers with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection
Posted: Feb 3, 2023
Follow-up care of the extremely preterm infant after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit
Posted: Sep 23, 2022
Umbilical cord management in preterm and term infants
Posted: Mar 15, 2022
Discharge planning of the preterm infant
Posted: Mar 4, 2022
Management of the patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants
Posted: Feb 1, 2022
The evaluation and management of neonatal brachial plexus palsy
Posted: Dec 3, 2021
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors in pregnancy: Infant and childhood outcomes
Posted: Jul 29, 2021
Guidelines for surfactant replacement therapy in neonates
Posted: Feb 1, 2021
Postnatal corticosteroids to prevent or treat bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants
Posted: Jul 31, 2020
Routine imaging of the preterm neonatal brain
Updated: Oct 6, 2020
The screening and management of newborns at risk for low blood glucose
Posted: Nov 20, 2019
Neuroprotection from acute brain injury in preterm infants
Posted: Jun 21, 2019
Facilitating discharge from hospital of the healthy term infant
Posted: Nov 19, 2018, Reaffirmed: Jan 11, 2024
Guidelines for vitamin K prophylaxis in newborns
Posted: Aug 16, 2018, Reaffirmed: Jan 11, 2024
Imaging the term neonatal brain
Posted: Jul 18, 2018, Reaffirmed: Jan 11, 2024
Hypothermia for newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
Posted: Jun 12, 2018, Reaffirmed: Jan 11, 2024
Counselling and management for anticipated extremely preterm birth
Posted: Aug 11, 2017, Reaffirmed: Apr 21, 2023
Management of term infants at increased risk for early onset bacterial sepsis
Posted: Jun 15, 2017
Assessment of cardiorespiratory stability using the infant car seat challenge before discharge in preterm infants (<37 weeks’ gestational age)
Posted: Apr 1, 2016, Reaffirmed: Mar 1, 2022
Minimizing blood loss and the need for transfusions in very premature infants
Posted: Dec 4, 2015, Reaffirmed: Jan 1, 2021
Newborn male circumcision
Posted: Sep 8, 2015, Reaffirmed: Jan 11, 2024
Red blood cell transfusion in newborn infants
Posted: Apr 4, 2014, Reaffirmed: Jan 1, 2020
Premedication for endotracheal intubation in the newborn infant
Posted: Mar 1, 2011, Reaffirmed: Feb 28, 2018
Guidelines for detection, management and prevention of hyperbilirubinemia in term and late preterm newborn infants
Posted: Jun 1, 2007, Reaffirmed: Feb 28, 2018
Prevention and management of pain in the neonate: An update
Posted: Feb 1, 2007, Reaffirmed: Jan 30, 2017

Practice points

Inhaled nitric oxide use in newborns
Posted: Feb 10, 2023
Managing infants born to mothers who have used opioids during pregnancy
Updated: Oct 3, 2019
Supporting and communicating with families experiencing a perinatal loss
Posted: Apr 18, 2018, Reaffirmed: Jan 11, 2024
Pulse oximetry screening in newborns to enhance detection of critical congenital heart disease
Posted: Nov 27, 2017, Reaffirmed: Feb 24, 2023
Retinopathy of prematurity: An update on screening and management
Posted: Mar 7, 2016

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Paediatrics & Child Health