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About Keith Barrington

I am a neonatologist and clinical researcher at Sainte Justine University Health Center in Montréal

The Politics of Probiotics

Posted on 15 November 2012 by Keith Barrington

Annie Janvier and John Lantos and I have just published a ‘different view’ article in Acta Paediatrica, which has just appeared on-line. For various reasons we were asked to remove the references, so I list the references that we based … Continue reading →

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Premedication for Intubation

Posted on 13 November 2012 by Keith Barrington

There are several studies of what premedication should be used for intubation of the newborn. An analgesic or anesthetic agent should be given in to reduce pain, which also reduces the adverse physiologic consequences of the intubation. Several studies of … Continue reading →

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Long term outcomes to adolescence of extremely low birth weight babies

Posted on 12 November 2012 by Keith Barrington

Litt JS, Taylor HG, Margevicius S, Schluchter M, Andreias L, Hack M: Academic achievement of adolescents born with extremely low birth weight. Acta Paediatrica 2012. A large cohort of babies born in the mid 90’s (n over 200) was followed … Continue reading →

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Weekly Updates #14

Posted on 12 November 2012 by Keith Barrington

Jiang ZD, Ping LL, Chen C, Wilkinson AR: Brainstem auditory response findings in preterm infants after necrotizing enterocolitis. Acta Paediatrica 2012, 101(12):e531-e534. Auditory brainstem response latencies were longer in preterm infants who had had NEC (when they reached term) compared … Continue reading →

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Dressing Down

Posted on 9 November 2012 by Keith Barrington

This is an innovative Randomized Controlled Trial. Hofmann J, Zotter H, Kerbl R: How to dress as a paediatrician? Acta Paediatrica 2012, 101(12):1260-1264. “One hundred and seven children and 72 parents were visited by a paediatrician randomly wearing one of … Continue reading →

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Probiotics in a Canadian NICU

Posted on 9 November 2012 by Keith Barrington

We occasionally have parents who request ‘alternative’ therapies for their babies in my unit, not many, as I think very often parents are rather overwhelmed by the efficacy and intensiveness of a modern NICU. On two occasions in my career I have … Continue reading →

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101 posts, 20,000 page views, 105 countries!

Posted on 8 November 2012 by Keith Barrington

When I started this blog I intended it mostly for my own trainees, with the hope that others might find it useful, and that the energy expended for my fellows (and colleagues) could help others struggling like me to stay … Continue reading →

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Slow codes, show codes, and no-codes in neonatal intensive care

Posted on 8 November 2012 by Keith Barrington

This is the title of a live webinar debate, Nov 29th, 12-1pm Organized by the Children’s mercy Hospital, Kansas City. The Information for the Webinar is as follows: Every NICU or PICU doctor has faced the following situation:  A baby … Continue reading →

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Weekly Updates #13

Posted on 7 November 2012 by Keith Barrington

Tin W, Brunskill G, Kelly T, Fritz S. 15-Year Follow-Up of Recurrent “Hypoglycemia” in Preterm Infants. Pediatrics. 2012. A very long term follow up of a study by my friend Win Tin in the North East of England. They were … Continue reading →

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Feeding patterns and NEC

Posted on 6 November 2012 by Keith Barrington

I have discussed before evidence about whether the pattern of introduction or advancement of feeds affects NEC.  I noted that there is only one out of a large number of trials of feeding introduction and advancement which has shown an … Continue reading →

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