Yearly Archives: 2014

Neonatal Updates

Posted on 12 February 2014 by Keith Barrington

Hyland R, Komlósi K, Alleman B, Tolnai M, Wood L, Bell E, Ertl T: Infantile hemangiomas and retinopathy of prematurity: Clues to the regulation of vasculogenesis. Eur J Pediatr 2013, 172(6):803-809. This observational study in 3 different NICUs shows that … Continue reading →

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Talk to me!

Posted on 12 February 2014 by Keith Barrington

A new review article and a new research publication address the same issues, the first is a thoughtful review article: (Rand K, Lahav A. Impact of the NICU environment on language deprivation in preterm infants. Acta Paediatrica. 2014;103(3):243-8.), the authors … Continue reading →

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Probiotics : Time for Action

Posted on 10 February 2014 by Keith Barrington

As I have noted before on this blog, our article showing the effects of the introduction of routine probiotics in our NICU has been published on-line. The Journal of Pediatrics decided to accompany it with an editorial by William Tarnow-Mordi … Continue reading →

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Neonatal Updates

Posted on 5 February 2014 by Keith Barrington

Alderliesten T, Lemmers PMA, van Haastert IC, de Vries LS, Bonestroo HJC, Baerts W, van Bel F: Hypotension in Preterm Neonates: Low Blood Pressure Alone Does Not Affect Neurodevelopmental Outcome. The Journal of pediatrics 2014. In this observational study of … Continue reading →

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If massage is so good, how come the research is so bad?

Posted on 5 February 2014 by Keith Barrington

I think its likely that massage therapy for the preterm infant has some benefits, unfortunately much of the research is under-powered, badly designed, inappropriately analyzed and overinterpreted. A case in point is a new study in Early Human Development, which … Continue reading →

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Fundoplication, the final word for reflux… or is it?

Posted on 3 February 2014 by Keith Barrington

Infants with severe neurological impairment may have difficulty with oral feeding, and are at risk of aspiration if they regurgitate. Therefore when a feeding gastrostomy is performed, there is often an accompanying fundoplication, It even becomes sometimes so banal that … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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