Author Archives: Keith Barrington

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About Keith Barrington

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

Probiotics to Prevent NEC: Why aren’t we saving babies yet?

The latest systematic review of Probiotics to Prevent NEC in Preterm infants Wang Q, Dong J, Zhu Y: Probiotic supplement reduces risk of necrotizing enterocolitis and mortality in preterm very low-birth-weight infants: an updated meta-analysis of 20 randomized, controlled trials. J … Continue reading →

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Can we study Hypotension in Extremely Preterm Infants?

Dr Beau Batton and colleagues from the NICHD network have just published a paper detailing their attempt, and failure, to design a trial of early hypotension treatment. The design looks fine on paper, but when they tried to do the trial there … Continue reading →

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Hello Newborn World!

For many years I have been screening a number of websites, contents pages of pediatrics and general journals, and other services to add references to my personal database, and also to send out reading lists to fellows, nurse practitioners and … Continue reading →

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