Monthly Archives: May 2017

Feed and grow

Posted on 25 May 2017 by Keith Barrington

How to measure growth? How to describe growth rates? What does it matter? Several related articles in today’s post, the first two are about how to measure growth in preterm infants: Ashton JJ, et al. Assessing the growth of preterm … Continue reading →

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Cochrane reviews

Posted on 25 May 2017 by Keith Barrington

The NICHD, in case you didn’t know, supports the neonatal Cochrane reviews,  they are all on their website at this address. I don’t really like the way they are formatted on their website, you have to click on links to … Continue reading →

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Probiotics for extremely preterm infants

Posted on 25 May 2017 by Keith Barrington

The use of probiotics for Necrotising enterocolitis prophylaxis in the very preterm is increasing across Canada. There are apparently, though, centers that will only give them to larger preterm infants, and not to the most immature. I think that is … Continue reading →

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The artificial placenta and the end of neonatology

Posted on 10 May 2017 by Keith Barrington

OK, so I guess I had better blog about this article, that it seems almost everyone has been talking about since it was published… I have heard for some years that someone at CHOP (for those who are not “in … Continue reading →

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