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Fish OilClaims have been made about the benefits of fish oil supplementation. However, our research, including studies in collaboration with colleagues from Adelaide University, has suggested harm. Jasani B, et al. Longchain polyunsaturated fatty acid
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Neonatal neurophysiologyClin Prof Lakshmi Nagarajan, consultant neurologist at PCH, leads nationally and internationally research on video EEG in preterm infants cared for in the NICUs KEMH & PCH. Rakshasbhuvankar A, et al. Amplitude-integrated EEG for detection of
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Nutrition and immune development in preterm infantsTobias Strunk MD, PhD, FRACP Head, Neonatal Health tobias.strunk@telethonkids.org.au Head, Neonatal Health Clinical Professor Tobias Strunk is a Consultant Neonatologist with a clinical research focus on infection and inflammation in newborn
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Screening for retinopathy of prematurity to prevent blindness (RETCAM)Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an eye disease that can occur in premature babies. It causes abnormal blood vessels to grow in the retina, and can lead to blindness. We have implemented a safe efficient nurse-led model of care in WA to prevent
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Long-term developmental follow-up of very preterm infants to school age and to young adulthood, and developmental follow up of surgical infants to two years of ageTobias Strunk MD, PhD, FRACP Head, Neonatal Health tobias.strunk@telethonkids.org.au Head, Neonatal Health Clinical Professor Tobias Strunk is a Consultant Neonatologist with a clinical research focus on infection and inflammation in newborn