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..Regionalized long-term follow-up provides unique information that is not available from institution-based studies, which is vital to the regional organization of perinatal-neonatal care...

..The developmental process requires close collaboration among all three groups (individuals, professional bodies and government) to improve both the quality and availability of perinatal services to a geographically defined region...

..Both developed and developing countries need to develop appropriate policies for initiating and withdrawing intensive care, taking into consideration their own cultural, social, and economic factors...

..There is an urgent need for large-scale, long-term randomized controlled trials to help evaluate metabolic, growth, and neurodevelopmental responses of preterm infants to earlier and more aggressive nutritional management...

..Intra-uterine growth retardation is associated with a higher stillbirth rate and infant mortality rate in preterm, term and post-term infants...

..Strategies, which address inequalities both within a country and between countries, are necessary if there is going to be further improvement in global perinatal health...

..Studies are especially necessary in high-risk neonatal situations, such as extreme prematurity, significant suboptimal nutrient intake before and after birth, and recovery from gut injury...

..Early establishment of enteral nutrition and maintenance of optimal nutrition during infancy are important as dietary manipulations in preterm infants have potential long-term influences on their health, growth and neurodevelopment...

..This fact and the lack of evidence that the transfer of more than two embryos improves pregnancy rates, make it advisable to limit the number of embryos transferred to no more than one or two per cycle...

..Australia lacked a current consensus policy on selective non-treatment. The establishment of national guidelines would be helpful to aid Australian obstetricians and neonatologists in their clinical practice...

..Obstetricians may underestimate the prognosis for extremely preterm infants. The data presented offer useful insights into current attitudes and practice of tertiary hospital obstetricians...

..Our results suggest that NO is an important differential regulator of vascular tone in the developing GI circulation...

..Among cerebral regions, white matter contributes little to the global blood volume measured with NIRS because its red blood cell content is very low...

..To characterize parent perceptions and satisfaction with physician counseling and delivery-room resuscitation of very low birth weight infants in countries with neonatal intensive care capacity...