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Author Archives: keithbarrington
Just do it! Who should go home on oxygen?
A new guideline from the ATS has been published, which gives guidelines for home oxygen therapy for children, one large group of which is, of course, babies with bronchopulmonmary dysplasia. Hayes D, Jr., et al. Home Oxygen Therapy for Children. … Continue reading
Posted in Neonatal Research
Tagged BPD, Clinical Practice Guidelines, discharge, oxygen therapy
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RCTs prevail: Antibiotic impregnation of central lines doesn’t reduce sepsis.
In older children and adults who need central venous access, using catheters impregnated with stuff that kills bugs decreases invasive sepsis rates. A multicentre trial in English PICUs showed a reduction in sepsis from 4% to 1% when antibiotic impregnated … Continue reading
Posted in Neonatal Research
Tagged infection control, Randomized Controlled Trials, Sepsis
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Putting steroids in the lungs? Still unclear if it is safe or effective.
Systematic reviews, and meta-analyses should help us make a clinical decision, by accumulating all the evidence, determining its quality, and synthesizing impacts, we can then decide which therapeutic option to pursue. This latest review answers the following question “should I … Continue reading
Insulin like growth factor: does it prevent BPD, or does it increase RoP and mortality?
In the March print edition of the Journal of Pediatrics, the report of the Insulin-like growth factor 1/IGF binding protein 3 trial, as a preventive for retinopathy. Ley D, et al. rhIGF-1/rhIGFBP-3 in Preterm Infants: A Phase 2 Randomized Controlled … Continue reading
Posted in Neonatal Research
Tagged BPD, IGF-1, Randomized Controlled Trials, Retinopathy of Prematurity
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Measure gastric residuals? Safe to stop?
A new RCT published in JAMA pediatrics compared growth and other clinical outcomes between infants <33 weeks gestation and <1250g who were managed with routine gastric residual measurements or without. (Parker LA, et al. Effect of Gastric Residual Evaluation on … Continue reading
Do transfusions trigger NEC? or does anemia?
I am still unconvinced that transfusion associated NEC is a real thing, I think it is possibly a real phenomenon, but I am not sure how to know for sure. Some of the best evidence I think comes from the … Continue reading
Platelet transfusions don’t close the PDA, but they may increase IVH
I would never have actually thought to ask the question whether platelet transfusion might close the PDA, although early thrombocytopenia is associated with persistent PDA, and platelet plugs seem to be part of the mechanism of closure. A group in … Continue reading
Posted in Neonatal Research
Tagged IVH, Platelets, Randomized Controlled Trials, transfusion
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