Monthly Archives: July 2022

Resuscitation before clamping the cord?

Posted on 29 July 2022 by Keith Barrington

Delayed cord clamping is now standard of care for all deliveries, at term or preterm. In term deliveries it leads to improved iron stores in the baby which difference persists during the first year of life. In very preterm infants … Continue reading →

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Not neonatology: Adaptive Variation in the Hawaiian Honeycreepers

Posted on 28 July 2022 by Keith Barrington

The break in my posts was partly due to a vacation in Hawaii, where I was fortunate to have some time to go birding, and take some photographs of birds from a group that has a remarkable evolutionary history, but … Continue reading →

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Erythropoietin does not protect the brain, what next?

Posted on 27 July 2022 by Keith Barrington

The latest trial to fail to find a benefit of erythropoietin (Epo) for neonatal brain protection has just been published (Wu YW, et al. Trial of Erythropoietin for Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in Newborns. N Engl J Med. 2022;387(2):148-59). The HEAL trial, … Continue reading →

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