Monthly Archives: December 2017

Pre-discharge MRI for the very preterm infant?

Posted on 18 December 2017 by Keith Barrington

For a pre-christmas present, one of the most important recent studies in neonatology. The study is related to the following question: if I wanted to know how best to counsel my very preterm baby parents about potential long-term outcomes, when … Continue reading →

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Time to abandon the Papile classification? (part 3)

Posted on 7 December 2017 by Keith Barrington

What should we do now? I think we should stop using the Papile classification. We should clarify that an intraventricular hemorrhage with acute hemorrhagic dilatation of the ventricle(s) is not the same pathophysiology as a hemorrhage followed by dilatation. (stage … Continue reading →

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Time to abandon the Papile classification? (part 2)

Posted on 7 December 2017 by Keith Barrington

As I mentioned in the last post, the initial report of outcomes by Bassan and others showed that the infants with severity score 0, (unilateral haemorrhage without midline shift affecting one zone) had reasonably good outcomes, 7 of 8 had … Continue reading →

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