Audit cycle of newborn observations on the postnatal wards
- 1Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield, UK
- 2St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK
- Dr Camilla Kingdon, Neonatal Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, UK; Camilla.Kingdon{at}gstt.nhs.uk
- Accepted 30 May 2008
Two reviews of the 2006 NICE guidance1 on the postnatal care of mothers and their babies have recently been published in your journal.2 3 All three submissions neglected to include comment or guidance on the observation of babies at risk of clinical deterioration in the first 24 h of life. There are a significant proportion of newborns who are well enough to remain with their mothers but who are at risk of becoming unwell. There is widespread consensus in the …
