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  1. Highlights from this issue

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, October 2018, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  2. Highlights from the literature

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, July 2018, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  3. Validation for Dr Apgar’s score

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, May 2018, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  4. Highlights from the literature

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, April 2018, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  5. Highlights from this issue

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, April 2018, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  6. Overdiagnosis and child health

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, April 2018, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  7. Fifteen-minute consultation: Supporting colleagues through a serious incident or complaint

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Education & Practice, March 2018, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  8. Fifteen-minute consultation: Asking questions: the puzzles and problems model

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Education & Practice, January 2018, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  9. Highlights from this issue

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, December 2017, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  10. Highlights from this issue

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, September 2017, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  11. Outcomes of babies born at or below 500g in the North of England.

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  12. Looking after each other when a child dies

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, September 2017, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  13. Highlights from this issue

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, August 2017, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  14. Highlights from this issue

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, August 2017, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  15. Highlights from this issue

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, July 2017, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  16. Highlights from the literature

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, June 2017, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  17. Highlights from this issue

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, June 2017, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  18. Highlights from this issue

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, May 2017, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  19. Highlights from this issue

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, April 2017, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  20. Highlights from this issue

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, April 2017, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  21. Highlights from this issue

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, March 2017, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  22. Rudeness

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, February 2017, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  23. Recent advances in the management of infants born <1000 g

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, May 2016, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  24. Moderate prematurity and outcome in childhood: there are dangers in jumping to the wrong conclusions

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, December 2015, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  25. The MBRRACE-UK perinatal surveillance report

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, November 2015, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  26. Lactate, glucose and the neonatal brain: it’s time to challenge the paradigm

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, September 2014, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  27. Neonatology and obstetric anaesthesia

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, February 2014, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  28. Child death review five years on

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, December 2013, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  29. Utility of genetic testing in suspected familial cranial diabetes insipidus

    Article • October 2013, Bioscientifica

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  30. The changing profile of infant mortality from bacterial, viral and fungal infection over two decades

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  31. Viral Infections: Contributions to Late Fetal Death, Stillbirth, and Infant Death

    Article • The Journal of Pediatrics, August 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  32. The antenatal diagnosis of fetal anomaly: where to deliver the baby?

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, December 2012, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  33. The North of England Survey of Twin and Multiple Pregnancy

    Article • Twin Research and Human Genetics, October 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  34. Use of interactive telephone technology for longitudinal data collection in a large trial

    Article • Contemporary Clinical Trials, March 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Helen L. Ball, Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  35. Sleeping in Avon

    Article • SLEEP, March 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  36. Register Based Study of Bladder Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex: Prevalence, Associated Anomalies, Prenatal Diagnosis and Survival

    Article • The Journal of Urology, November 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  37. Highlights from this issue

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, August 2011, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  38. Corrections

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, May 2011, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  39. Randomised trial of sidecar crib use on breastfeeding duration (NECOT)

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, April 2011, BMJ

    Professor Helen L. Ball, Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  40. Ecthyma gangrenosum in preterm neonate

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, March 2011, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  41. Sudden, unexpected and unexplained early neonatal deaths in the North of England

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, March 2011, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  42. Fetal awareness and fetal pain: the Emperor's new clothes

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, February 2011, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  43. How children die: classifying child deaths

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, July 2010, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  44. Doing the right thing

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, June 2010, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  45. Why children die: avoidable factors associated with child deaths

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, June 2010, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  46. The BRACELET Study: surveys of mortality in UK neonatal and paediatric intensive care trials

    Article • Trials, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  47. The Outcome of Expectant Management of Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformations (CCAM) of the Lung

    Article • European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, April 2010, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  48. Difficulties in selecting an appropriate neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) screening threshold

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, August 2009, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  49. Corrections

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, July 2009, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  50. Mortality of twin and singleton livebirths under 30 weeks' gestation: a population-based study

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, March 2009, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  51. Nursing workload in UK tertiary neonatal units

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, December 2008, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  52. How Low Can I Go? The Impact of Hypoglycemia on the Immature Brain

    Article • PEDIATRICS, December 2008, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  53. Congenital anomaly and childhood cancer: A population-based, record linkage study

    Article • Pediatric Blood & Cancer, November 2008, Wiley

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  54. Demand weaning: infants' answer to professionals' dilemmas

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, September 2008, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  55. The contribution of late termination of pregnancy to stillbirth rates in Northern England, 1994-2005

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, March 2008, Wiley

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  56. A good idea that doesnt work the Parent Baby Interaction Programme

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, November 2007, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  57. Hypothesis: proposals for the management of a neonate at risk of hyperammonaemia due to a urea cycle disorder

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, April 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  58. Repeat testing for congenital hypothyroidism in preterm infants is unnecessary with an appropriate thyroid stimulating hormone threshold

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, April 2007, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  59. Fear of death and dying

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, February 2007, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  60. The North of England Multiple Pregnancy Register: Five-Year Results of Data Collection

    Article • Twin Research and Human Genetics, December 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  61. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and the time of death: factors associated with night-time and day-time deaths

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, December 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  62. The North of England Multiple Pregnancy Register: Five-Year Results of Data Collection

    Article • Twin Research and Human Genetics, December 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  63. Randomised trial of infant sleep location on the postnatal ward

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, July 2006, BMJ

    Professor Helen L. Ball, Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  64. Evaluation of the National Congenital Anomaly System in England and Wales

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, September 2005, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  65. Metabolic adaptation at birth

    Article • Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, August 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  66. The investigation and management of neonatal hypoglycaemia

    Article • Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, August 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  67. Sudden infant death syndrome and sleeping position in pre-term and low birth weight infants: an opportunity for targeted intervention

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, May 2005, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  68. Participation in multiple neonatal research studies

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, May 2005, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  69. CORRECTION

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, March 2005, BMJ

    Professor Helen L. Ball, Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  70. Investigating infant deaths

    Article • BMJ, January 2005, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  71. Infants bed-sharing with mothers

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, December 2004, BMJ

    Professor Helen L. Ball, Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  72. “New” practice of bedsharing and risk of SIDS

    Article • The Lancet, May 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Helen L. Ball, Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  73. Evaluation of advanced neonatal nurse practitioners: confidential enquiry into the management of sentinel cases

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, May 2004, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  74. Neonatal Flecainide Toxicity following Supraventricular Tachycardia Treatment

    Article • Annals of Pharmacotherapy, September 2003, SAGE Publications

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  75. Sudden infant death syndrome and social deprivation: assessing epidemiological factors after post-matching for deprivation

    Article • Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, July 2003, Wiley

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  76. Management of hypoglycaemia in the newborn

    Article • Current Paediatrics, April 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  77. Fantoms

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, May 2002, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  78. The UK accelerated immunisation programme and sudden unexpected death in infancy: case-control study

    Article • BMJ, April 2001, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  79. Weight gain and sudden infant death syndrome: changes in weight z scores may identify infants at increased risk

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, June 2000, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  80. A clinical comparison of SIDS and explained sudden infant deaths: how healthy and how normal?

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, February 2000, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  81. Clinical Features of Neonates with Hyperinsulinism

    Article • New England Journal of Medicine, August 1999, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  82. Hunger behaviour contributes to early nutritional homeostasis: a reply to Hawdon et al.

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, January 1999, Wiley

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  83. Hunger behaviour contributes to early nutritional homeostasis

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, January 1999, Wiley

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  84. Newborn screening examination (excluding congenital dislocation of the hip)

    Article • Seminars in Neonatology, February 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  85. Impaired ketogenesis in fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase deficiency: a pitfall in the investigation of hypoglycaemia

    Article • Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  86. OPIATES AND INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM IN VENTILATED PRETERM BABIES

    Article • Pediatric Research, February 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  87. Patterns of the metabolic and endocrine stress response to surgery and medical illness in infancy and childhood

    Article • Critical Care Medicine, September 1993, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  88. The role of pancreatic insulin secretion in neonatal glucoregulation. II. Infants with disordered blood glucose homoeostasis.

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, March 1993, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  89. The role of pancreatic insulin secretion in neonatal glucoregulation. I. Healthy term and preterm infants.

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, March 1993, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  90. Neonatal blood glucose concentrations: metabolic effects of intravenous glucagon and intragastric medium chain triglyceride.

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, March 1993, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  91. Metabolic adaptation in small for gestational age infants.

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, March 1993, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  92. Hormonal and metabolic response to hypoglycaemia in small for gestational age infants.

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, March 1993, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  93. Neonatal hypoglycaemia — blood glucose monitoring and baby feeding

    Article • Midwifery, March 1993, Elsevier

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  94. Nutrition

    Article • Current Paediatrics, December 1992, Elsevier

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  95. INSULIN IS NOT THE MAJOR GLUCOREGULATORY HORMONE IN THE NEONATAL PERIOD

    Article • Pediatric Research, November 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  96. Prediction of impaired metabolic adaptation by antenatal Doppler studies in small for gestational age fetuses.

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, July 1992, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  97. Patterns of metabolic adaptation for preterm and term infants in the first neonatal week.

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, April 1992, BMJ

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  98. 75 POSTNATAL METABOLIC ADAPTATION – THE EFFECTS OF GESTATION AND FEEDING

    Article • Pediatric Research, December 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  99. The effects of anesthesia and surgery on metabolic homeostasis in infancy and childhood

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Surgery, May 1990, Elsevier

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  100. The effects of anesthesia and surgery on lymphocyte populations and function in infants and children

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Surgery, September 1989, Elsevier

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt

  101. The ontogeny of the metabolic and endocrine stress response in the human fetus, neonate and child

    Article • Intensive Care Medicine, February 1989, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Martin Peter Ward Platt