Infant

The editorial content of the Infant journal covers a wide range of subjects that reflects the varied roles of the professionals working in this area. Practical and clinically based, Infant supports neonatal and infant paediatric nursing and medical practice and develops professional education and health promotion skills.

Infant aims to provide a valuable resource for everyone involved in caring for premature babies and critically ill infants. Technological developments and their impact on care will be discussed, as well as the social and psychological issues relating to family support and child development.

Infant has a board of distinguished advisors whose experience and knowledge ensures that articles carried in the journal are factually correct, topical and relevant for all readers. All articles published in Infant are subject to peer review in order to guarantee that all content meets the highest standards.

Articles published in 2005
Articles published in 2006
Articles published in 2007

January 2009

Gastroschisis
Coping with the aftermath of meningitis
Inotropes in neonates
Infection guidelines

March 2009

Stoma care
Newborn blood spot sampling
Teaching parents resuscitation skills
Combined oscillatory and mandatory ventilation

May 2009

Baby massage
Epidermolysis bullosa
Workload tool
Weaning on to solids

July 2009

Overcoming problems with breast feeding
Parent's perspective of outcome following NICU
Difficult extubations
Ambiguous genitalia

September 2009

Pulmonary hypertension
Identification of abnormal blood gases
Use of inotropes
Treatment of bronchiolitis

November 2009

Phototherapy systems
Feeding in the growth-retarded infant
Parent satisfaction survey
Retrieval transport course

Each issue of Infant also typically includes:

Editorial
Case reports
Review articles
Clinical practice articles
Focus on a unit
Conference reviews
Product reviews
Diary
News
Advances in Practice Guide