Monthly Archives: April 2018

Glucose gel for hypoglycemia in at-risk babies? Prophylaxis no, treatment yes!

Posted on 24 April 2018 by Keith Barrington

In the ongoing story of how and when to treat lower than average blood sugars in at-risk newborn infants, some clarity for some points is emerging. We know the following: 1. some babies have lower blood sugars than others (!) … Continue reading →

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Its now or… later? A good question to ask ELVIS.

Posted on 19 April 2018 by Keith Barrington

This study probably wins the prize for the best trial name in neonatal history, the Early or Late Ventricular Intervention Study, ELVIS. de Vries LS, et al. Treatment thresholds for intervention in posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilation: a randomised controlled trial. Archives … Continue reading →

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Teaming up with parents and ex-premies to improve care for babies

Posted on 16 April 2018 by Keith Barrington

On April the XXth I will be running 10 kilometers in the Scotia Bank run, as part of the PAF-Néonat team of Sainte Justine Hospital (PAF means Partenarait Famille). We are raising funds for the partnering with families program, which … Continue reading →

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Neonatal updates

Posted on 10 April 2018 by Keith Barrington

This post is  a bit of a catch up, to mention articles that are worth reading, but which I didn’t have time to write a full post about, in particular studies that could have a positive impact on clinical care. … Continue reading →

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Shake it up baby

Posted on 9 April 2018 by Keith Barrington

When babies have respiratory pauses, the usual initial intervention is tactile stimulation of some kind. Which leads to a few questions: does it work? how does it work (if it does)? what mode of stimulation is most effective? If you … Continue reading →

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Parents as Partners

Posted on 6 April 2018 by Keith Barrington

One of the initiatives in our NICU is the implication of former parents of NICU patients; we have been examining ways of integrating former parents as support/resource/information sources for parents who arrive in neonatology with little idea of what to … Continue reading →

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Quoted in “nature”

Posted on 5 April 2018 by Keith Barrington

An interesting and well-written article in nature (or, at least, a supplement called “nature outlook”) by a scientific journalist Sarah DeWeerdt has appeared, discussing the acquisition of the intestinal microbiome by newborn infants. She discusses premature infants and the role … Continue reading →

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Reducing medical errors

Posted on 4 April 2018 by Keith Barrington

There has been a lot of activity recently around a case that happened several years ago. In a hospital in the UK a boy with trisomy 21 was admitted, with signs of infection, and he deteriorated and died. Several signs … Continue reading →

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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, does it make you feel like a DIC?

Posted on 4 April 2018 by Keith Barrington

Influenza is crap. Especially when you get it even though you have had the vaccine! The break in blog posts has been due to an assortment of viral illnesses, culminating in the “flu” and then followed by spring break, followed … Continue reading →

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