Monthly Archives: October 2021

Recently my heart betrayed me…

Posted on 22 October 2021 by Keith Barrington

Recently my heart betrayed me, after more than 60 years of excellent service it decided to beat far too quickly. My atria started to beat at nearly 300 times per minute, and my ventricles, unable to beat that fast, responded … Continue reading →

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How often does Whole Genome Sequencing really help the baby? Or their family?

Posted on 21 October 2021 by Keith Barrington

It is a long time since I have written anything on this blog about the above issue, I have an article in submission to the real scientific literature with some illustrious co-authors, but I was prompted to write this blog … Continue reading →

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Neonatal Updates

Posted on 18 October 2021 by Keith Barrington

It’s a long time since I did one of these, but there were several publications that I thought warranted a quick comment. Abbey NV, et al. Electrocardiogram for heart rate evaluation during preterm resuscitation at birth: a randomized trial. Pediatr … Continue reading →

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Delivering better CPAP in the delivery room, can we avoid intubation in the most immature babies?

Posted on 7 October 2021 by Keith Barrington

Randomized trials have shown that trying to prevent intubation in the DR leads to less severe lung injury. The Cochrane review of prophylactic CPAP compared to immediate intubation included 3 trials (SUPPORT, COIN and DR Management study), that review found … Continue reading →

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Babies feel pain, and they remember it!

Posted on 6 October 2021 by Keith Barrington

I usually don’t post about studies of painful procedures where there was no analgesic prophylaxis in some of the the subjects, except to criticize them, and if they are recent, to call for their retraction. So when I first saw … Continue reading →

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