Monthly Archives: January 2014

Running, skiing, skating… for a good cause

Posted on 31 January 2014 by Keith Barrington

The young leaders’ circle is a charitable organisation that is a partner with the Sainte-Justine Foundation in the winter triathlon fund-raiser that is taking place on February the 7th in Montreal. The funds raised will be going to support maternal … Continue reading →

Posted in Neonatal Research | Leave a comment

Osteopathy in the NICU; you’ve got to be joking!

Posted on 31 January 2014 by Keith Barrington

I didn’t mention this article when it first came out as it is so obviously nonsense. It came back to my attention as there is a really well done deconstruction on the blog ‘Science Based Medicine‘ which I strongly recommend … Continue reading →

Posted in Neonatal Research | 3 Comments

Neonatal Updates

Posted on 31 January 2014 by Keith Barrington

Hallenberger A, Poets CF, Horn W, Seyfang A, Urschitz MS: Closed-loop automatic oxygen control (clac) in preterm infants: A randomized controlled trial. Pediatrics 2014. This is a report of a small multicenter study of the use of a system built into … Continue reading →

Posted in Neonatal Research | Leave a comment

Drug approval in neonates; what to do? and what is this dexmedetty stuff?

Posted on 29 January 2014 by Keith Barrington

Most of the drugs that we routinely use in neonatology do not have a specific license for neonatal use. This is true I think in every jurisdiction around the world, the USA, Canada, Australia, and Europe, but I don’t know … Continue reading →

Posted in Neonatal Research | Tagged | Leave a comment

A history of evidence based medicine

Posted on 29 January 2014 by Keith Barrington

If you’ve got a few minutes to spend in the virtual company of some of the greats of EBM, the JAMA network have a microsite with videos of interviews largely animated by Richard Smith (former editor of the BMJ) http://ebm.jamanetwork.com  Fairly light … Continue reading →

Posted in Neonatal Research | Leave a comment

Communicating with parents, and decision making for the extremely immature infant

Posted on 28 January 2014 by Keith Barrington

The other two articles that I mentioned in the last post, from the new issue of Seminars in Perinatology, were written to discuss a framework for decision making for the extremely immature infant. (Dupont-Thibodeau A, Barrington KJ, Farlow B, Janvier … Continue reading →

Posted in Neonatal Research | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Three new publications

Posted on 27 January 2014 by Keith Barrington

The latest issue of Seminars in Perinatology has just appeared on line. This is second part of the report of the NICHD, SMFM, ACOG, AAP joint workshop where Annie and I presented. I think these articles are all free access: … Continue reading →

Posted in Neonatal Research | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Strange Corrections in Early Human Development

Posted on 27 January 2014 by Keith Barrington

Early Human Development, like some other journals, sometimes publishes conference proceedings.  In October 2009 a supplement was published with articles reflecting presentations made at a conference in Torino, in July 2010 another was published with articles written by presenters at a … Continue reading →

Posted in Neonatal Research | Leave a comment

Still Perpetuating Prejudice Against Preterms

Posted on 24 January 2014 by Keith Barrington

Our commentary has just been published in Paediatrics and Child Health, the CPS journal together with a response from the Society. (they seem to be open access, but I am not certain). I am disappointed by the response, but not … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocating for impaired children, The CPS antenatal counselling statement | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Being a Parent and a Doctor

Posted on 24 January 2014 by Keith Barrington

A story published in the PNEJM from a mother of a patient with epilepsy that was very difficult to treat who is also a physician, as is the father. Their boy eventually had seizure surgery, more than once. She ends … Continue reading →

Posted in Neonatal Research | 1 Comment