Monthly Archives: September 2015

Cochrane review featured on their website

Posted on 29 September 2015 by Keith Barrington

Our recently published Cochrane review of resuscitation training programs is now a featured review on their website.

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Photos of preterms

Posted on 29 September 2015 by Keith Barrington

A Québec photographer by the name of Red Méthot has posted a series of photographs of children and adults who were formerly preterm babies. Each holding a black and white photograph of themselves as a baby. Check it out.

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Treating seizures: bumetanide doesn’t seem to work

Posted on 29 September 2015 by Keith Barrington

One of the many frustrating things in neonatology is the treatment of convulsions. As Gerry Boylan and Ronit Pressler wrote in the introductory section of the excellent issue of Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine which was all about neonatal seizures, … Continue reading →

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NRP Works!

Posted on 23 September 2015 by Keith Barrington

When the neonatal resuscitation program was first introduced I think many of us had mixed feelings. I was concerned that some of the initial recommendations were opinion-based rather than evidence-based  (and they weren’t all consistent with my opinions, which are … Continue reading →

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Many unethical pain studies in newborns

Posted on 23 September 2015 by Keith Barrington

Carlo Bellieni and Celeste Johnston (Conflict of Interest flag, I have collaborated with both of them) have just reviewed a couple of recent years research of analgesic interventions in the newborn. Of 46 randomized studies of painful procedures, 70% had … Continue reading →

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An astounding betrayal

Posted on 21 September 2015 by Keith Barrington

Some of us may have heard of the problems with the data concerning SSRIs (a commonly used class of antidepressants) and, in particular, young people. It appears that drug companies hid and distorted data from controlled trials, in order to … Continue reading →

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Burping babies

Posted on 17 September 2015 by Keith Barrington

It is very satisfying sometimes, to sit a baby on your knee, lean them forward slightly and rub or pat their back until a loud pleasing burp is heard. Parenting websites, and MDs, nurses, and midwives often promote burping as … Continue reading →

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Do Blood transfusions trigger NEC? This month the answer is no.

Posted on 16 September 2015 by Keith Barrington

OK, not exactly this month, but “towards the end of last year” wouldn’t have been as good a title. Three case-control studies, with some differences in design and implementation, but all 3 with the same result, no evidence that red … Continue reading →

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Nasal ventilation after extubation, does synchronisation matter?

Posted on 16 September 2015 by Keith Barrington

When we performed the trial of nasal ventilation post-extubation in San Diego we used the Infantstar ventilator, synchronised to the babies’ respiratory efforts with a Graseby capsule stuck on the abdomen. Two other trials also used the same system, and … Continue reading →

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Lower oxygen resuscitation for preterms?

Posted on 15 September 2015 by Keith Barrington

A new publication from a group of us in the CNN, suggests that the answer to that query is ‘not so fast’. Rabi Y, Lodha A, Soraisham A, Singhal N, Barrington K, Shah PS, et al. Outcomes of preterm infants following … Continue reading →

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