Dr David Odd

2025

• Odd, D. et al. 2025. Deaths in children in England from SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first 2 years of the pandemic: a cohort study.. BMJ Open 15(2), article number: e092627. (10.1136/bmjopen-2024-092627)
• Davies, A. et al. 2025. Developing a core outcome set for assessing interventions and care for parents after neonatal death in high-income countries (iCHOOSE Neonatal study): protocol for a mixed-methods study.. BMJ Open 15(2), article number: e088251. (10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088251)
• Odd, D., Stoianova, S., Williams, T., Fleming, P. and Luyt, K. 2025. Child mortality in England after national lockdowns for COVID-19: An analysis of childhood deaths, 2019-2023. PLoS Medicine 22(1), article number: e1004417. (10.1371/journal.pmed.1004417)

2024

• Ingram, J., Odd, D., Beasant, L. and Chakkarapani, E. 2024. Mental health of parents with infants in NICU receiving cooling therapy for hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology (10.1080/02646838.2024.2423178)
• Chakkarapani, E., Ingram, J., Stocks, S., Beasant, L., Odd, D. and CoolCuddle‐2 study research team, . 2024. Cooling and physiology during parent cuddling infants with neonatal encephalopathy in usual care: CoolCuddle‐2 study. Acta Paediatrica: Nurturing the Child (10.1111/apa.17466)
• Beasant, L., Chakkarapani, E., Horwood, J., Odd, D., Stocks, S., Parker, D. and Ingram, J. 2024. Embedding the ‘CoolCuddle’ intervention for infants undergoing therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy in NICU: an evaluation using normalisation process theory. BMJ Open 14(10), article number: e088228. (10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088228)
• Odd, D., Reeve, N. F., Barnett, J., Cutter, J., Daniel, R., Gale, C. and Siasakos, D. 2024. PRECIOUS study (PREterm Caesarean/vaginal birth and IVH/OUtcomeS): does mode of birth reduce the risk of death or brain injury in very preterm babies? A cohort and emulated target trial protocol. BMJ Open 14(9), article number: e089722. (10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089722)
• Odd, D., Sabir, H., Jones, S. A., Gale, C. and Chakkarapani, E. 2024. Risk factors for infection and outcomes in infants with neonatal encephalopathy: a cohort study. Pediatric Research 96, pp. 785-791. (10.1038/s41390-024-03157-9)
• Farr, I. et al. 2024. Health service use of infants involved in family justice care and supervision proceedings in Wales: a data linkage study.. International Journal of Population Data Science 9(2), article number: 2362. (10.23889/ijpds.v9i1.2362)
• Odd, D. E. et al. 2024. Race and ethnicity, deprivation, and infant mortality in England, 2019-2022. Jama Network Open 7(2), article number: e2355403. (10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.55403)
• Cornish, R. P. et al. 2024. Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and risk of preterm birth: a collaboration using large routine health datasets. BMC Medicine 22(1), article number: 10. (10.1186/s12916-023-03230-w)

2023

• Rela, A. et al. 2023. Quality of life at a 10-year follow-up of children born preterm with post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation : A cohort study. Neonatology 120(6), pp. 690-698. (10.1159/000533355)
• Odd, D., Williams, T., Stoianova, S., Rossouw, G., Fleming, P. and Luyt, K. 2023. Newborn health and child mortality across England. Jama Network Open 6(10), article number: e2338055. (10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.38055)
• Isaac, T. C., Odd, D., Edwards, M., Chakraborty, M., Kotecha, S., Kotecha, S. and Odd, D. 2023. Measuring the impact of deprivation on learning difficulties and behaviour among infants born preterm: A cohort study. Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 16(3), pp. 411-421. (10.3233/NPM-221151)
• Hurt, L. et al. 2023. What matters to families about the healthcare of preterm or low birth weight infants: A qualitative evidence synthesis. Patient Education and Counseling 115, article number: 107893. (10.1016/j.pec.2023.107893)
• Jee, G., Kotecha, S. J., Chakraborty, M., Kotecha, S. and Odd, D. 2023. Early childhood parent-reported speech problems in small and large for gestational age term-born and preterm-born infants: a cohort study. BMJ Open 13(4), article number: e065587. (10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065587)
• Yao, S. L., Smit, E. and Odd, D. 2023. The effectiveness of interventions to prevent intraventricular haemorrhage in premature infants: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 16(1), pp. 5-20. (10.3233/NPM-221048)
• Romantsik, O., Smit, E., Odd, D. E. and Bruschettini, M. 2023. Postnatal phenobarbital for the prevention of intraventricular haemorrhage in preterm infants. Cochrane Library 2023(3), article number: CD001691. (10.1002/14651858.CD001691.pub4)
• Odd, D., Stoianova, S., Williams, T., Fleming, P. and Luyt, K. 2023. Child mortality in England during the first 2 years of the covid-19 pandemic. Jama Network Open 6(1), article number: e2249191. (10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.49191)

2022

• Odd, D., Stoianova, S., Williams, T., Odd, D., Kurinczuk, J. J., Wolfe, I. and Luyt, K. 2022. What is the relationship between deprivation, modifiable factors and childhood deaths: a cohort study using the English National Child MortalityDatabase. BMJ Open 12, article number: e066214. (10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066214)
• Williams, C. et al. 2022. Vision function in children 10 years after grade 3 or 4 intraventricular haemorrhage with ventricular dilation: A masked prospective study. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 65(2), pp. 223-231. (10.1111/dmcn.15294)
• Parish, O., Williams, D., Odd, D. and Joseph-Williams, N. 2022. Barriers and facilitators to shared decision-making in neonatal medicine: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of parental perceptions. Patient Education and Counseling 105(5), pp. 1101-1114. (10.1016/j.pec.2021.08.033)
• Jones, H., Seaborne, M., Cowley, L., Odd, D., Paranjothy, S., Akbari, A. and Brophy, S. 2022. Population birth outcomes in 2020 and experiences of expectant mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a ‘born in Wales’ mixed methods study using routine data. PLoS ONE 17(5), article number: e0267176. (10.1371/journal.pone.0267176)
• Odd, D., Stoianova, S., Williams, T., Fleming, P. and Luyt, K. 2022. Child mortality in England during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Archives of Disease in Childhood 107(3), article number: e22. (10.1136/archdischild-2021-323370)
• Ingram, J., Beasant, L., Odd, D. and Chakkarapani, E. 2022. ‘Opportunity to bond and a sense of normality’: Parent and staff views of cuddling babies undergoing therapeutic hypothermia in neonatal intensive care: ‘CoolCuddle’. Health Expectations 25(4), pp. 1384-1392. (10.1111/hex.13477)
• Smith, C. et al. 2022. Deaths in children and young people in England after SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first pandemic year. Nature Medicine 28, pp. 185-192. (10.1038/s41591-021-01578-1)
• Odd, D. et al. 2022. Child mortality in England during the COVID-19 pandemic. Archives of Disease in Childhood 107(1), pp. 14-20. (10.1136/archdischild-2020-320899)

2021

• Odd, D., Williams, T., Appleby, L., Gunnell, D. and Luyt, K. 2021. Child suicide rates during the COVID-19 pandemic in England. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports 6, article number: 100273. (10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100273)
• Odd, D. et al. 2021. Physiological responses to cuddling babies with hypoxic–ischaemic encephalopathy during therapeutic hypothermia: an observational study. BMJ Paediatrics Open 5(1), article number: e001280. (10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001280)
• Norman, J. E. et al. 2021. Feasibility and design of a trial regarding the optimal mode of delivery for preterm birth: the CASSAVA multiple methods study. Health Technology Assessment 25(61) (10.3310/hta25610)
• Course, C., Watkins, W. J., Müller, C. T., Odd, D., Kotecha, S. and Chakraborty, M. 2021. Volatile organic compounds as disease predictors in newborn infants: a systematic review. Journal of Breath Research 15(2), article number: 24002. (10.1088/1752-7163/abe283)

2020

• Bendor-Samuel, O., Zivanovic, S., Odd, D. and Roehr, C. 2020. A comparison of UK preterm anthropometric charts and INTERGROWTH-21st: is it time to change growth charts?. Neonatology 117(3), pp. 300-307. (10.1159/000507024)
• Boel, L. et al. 2020. Temporal trends of care practices, morbidity, and mortality of extremely preterm infants over 10-years in South Wales, UK. Scientific Reports 10(1), article number: 18738. (10.1038/s41598-020-75749-4)
• Mahoney, L., Luyt, K., Harding, D. and Odd, D. 2020. Treatment for post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation: a multiple-treatment meta-analysis. Frontiers in Pediatrics 8, article number: 238. (10.3389/fped.2020.00238)
• Glover Williams, A. and Odd, D. 2020. Investigating the association between post-term birth and long term cognitive, developmental and educational impacts: a systematic review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 33(7), pp. 1253-1265. (10.1080/14767058.2018.1514379)

2019

• Glover Williams, A., Odd, D., Bates, S., Russell, G. and Heep, A. 2019. Elevated International Normalized Ratio (INR) is associated with an increased risk of intraventricular hemorrhage in extremely preterm infants. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 41(5), pp. 355-360. (10.1097/MPH.0000000000001509)
• Odd, D., Evans, D. and Emond, A. M. 2019. Prediction of school outcome after preterm birth: a cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood 104(4), pp. 348-353. (10.1136/archdischild-2018-315441)
• Luyt, K. et al. 2019. Ten-year follow-up of a randomised trial of drainage, irrigation and fibrinolytic therapy (DRIFT) in infants with post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation. Health Technology Assessment 23(4) (10.3310/hta23040)
• Gamaleldin, I., Harding, D., Siassakos, D., Draycott, T. and Odd, D. 2019. Significant intraventricular hemorrhage is more likely in very preterm infants born by vaginal delivery: a multi-centre retrospective cohort study. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 32(3), pp. 477-482. (10.1080/14767058.2017.1383980)

2018

• Odd, D., Glover Williams, A., Winter, C. and Draycott, T. 2018. Associations between early term and late/post term infants and development of epilepsy: a cohort study. PLoS ONE 13(12), article number: e0210181. (10.1371/journal.pone.0210181)
• Stutchfield, C., Jain, A., Odd, D., Williams, C. and Markham, R. 2018. In response to: Teofili L, et al. Foetal haemoglobin, blood transfusion, and retinopathy of prematurity. Eye 32(6), article number: 1156. (10.1038/s41433-018-0031-5)
• Rajatileka, S. et al. 2018. Variants of the EAAT2 glutamate transporter gene promoter are associated with cerebral palsy in preterm infants. Molecular Neurobiology 55, pp. 2013-2024. (10.1007/s12035-017-0462-1)
• Odd, D. E., Yau, C., Winter, C., Draycott, T. and Rasmussen, F. 2018. Associations between birth at, or after, 41 weeks gestation and perinatal encephalopathy: a cohort study. BMJ Paediatrics Open 2(1), article number: e000010. (10.1136/bmjpo-2017-000010)
• Jones, R., Heep, A. and Odd, D. 2018. Biochemical and clinical predictors of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy after perinatal asphyxia. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 31(6), pp. 791-796. (10.1080/14767058.2017.1297790)

2017

• Odd, D., Heep, A., Luyt, K. and Draycott, T. 2017. Hypoxic-ischemic brain injury: Planned delivery before intrapartum events. Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 10(4), pp. 347-353. (10.3233/NPM-16152)
• Stutchfield, C. J., Jain, A., Odd, D., Williams, C. and Markham, R. 2017. Foetal haemoglobin, blood transfusion, and retinopathy of prematurity in very preterm infants: a pilot prospective cohort study. Eye 31(10), pp. 1451-1455. (10.1038/eye.2017.76)
• Yau, C. W. H., Pizzo, E., Morris, S., Odd, D. E., Winter, C. and Draycott, T. J. 2017. Response to 'Telling the whole story about simulation-based education'. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 96(10), pp. 1274. (10.1111/aogs.13196)

2016

• Yau, C. W. H., Pizzo, E., Morris, S., Odd, D. E., Winter, C. and Draycott, T. J. 2016. The cost of local, multi-professional obstetric emergencies training. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 95(10), pp. 1111-1119. (10.1111/aogs.12956)
• Davis, J. W., Odd, D., Jary, S. and Luyt, K. 2016. The impact of a sepsis quality improvement project on neurodisability rates in very low birthweight infants. Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal Edition 101(6), pp. F562-F564. (10.1136/archdischild-2015-309804)
• Odd, D., Váradi, A., Rajatileka, S., Molnár, E. and Luyt, K. 2016. Association between neonatal resuscitation and a single nucleotide polymorphism rs1835740. Acta Pædiatrica 105(7), pp. e307-e312. (10.1111/apa.13421)
• Odd, D., Evans, D. and Emond, A. 2016. Preterm birth, age at school entry and long term educational achievement. PLoS ONE 11(5), article number: e0155157. (10.1371/journal.pone.0155157)
• Crofts, J. F. et al. 2016. Prevention of brachial plexus injury-12 years of shoulder dystocia training: an interrupted time-series study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 123(1), pp. 111-118. (10.1111/1471-0528.13302)
• Bates, S., Odd, D., Luyt, K., Mannix, P., Wach, R., Evans, D. and Heep, A. 2016. Superior vena cava flow and intraventricular haemorrhage in extremely preterm infants. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 29(10), pp. 1581-1587. (10.3109/14767058.2015.1054805)

2015

• Feetham, J. E., Christian, W., Benger, J. R., Hoskins, R., Odd, D. and Lyttle, M. D. 2015. Paediatric ED reattendance rates: comparing nurse practitioners and other clinicians. Emergency Medicine Journal 32(5), pp. 379-397. (10.1136/emermed-2013-203514)

2014

• Rajatileka, S., Luyt, K., Williams, M., Harding, D., Odd, D., Molnár, E. and Váradi, A. 2014. Detection of three closely located single nucleotide polymorphisms in the EAAT2 promoter: comparison of single-strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP), pyrosequencing and Sanger sequencing. BMC Genetics 15(1), article number: 80. (10.1186/1471-2156-15-80)
• Odd, D., Lewis, G., Gunnell, D. and Rasmussen, F. 2014. Risk of low Apgar scores and socioeconomic status over a 30-year period. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 27(6), pp. 603-607. (10.3109/14767058.2013.833903)