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About Keith Barrington

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

Not Neonatology : Photos from the antipodes

Posted on 10 April 2015 by Keith Barrington

I have re-organized the photos on the photograph pages (click on the menu under the header banner), so each gallery now occupies a separate page. At the same time I have added and re-organized a page on Australian wildlife without … Continue reading →

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A Facebook Page

Posted on 9 April 2015 by Keith Barrington

Sainte Justine Neonatology now has a facebook page. You can find it here : http://www.facebook.com/neonatologie

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Off-label NO: No… or Yes?

Posted on 8 April 2015 by Keith Barrington

Recent articles about off-label use of inhaled Nitric Oxide (iNO) in the preterm infant shows that such use is : a. extremely variable from one center to another, (Truog WE, et al. Inhaled nitric oxide usage in preterm infants in … Continue reading →

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Bevacizumab or that other more expensive one?

Posted on 2 April 2015 by Keith Barrington

A very interesting and depressing group of articles in today’s BMJ. Retinopathy of prematurity is a small market compared to wet macular degeneration in the elderly, in whom VEGF inhibitors are proven to be extremely effective. Ranibizumab (I will call … Continue reading →

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What’s new in non-invasive respiratory support?

Posted on 1 April 2015 by Keith Barrington

A round-up of a few publications that have appeared over the last few months. Lampland AL et al: Bi-level CPAP does not improve gas exchange when compared with conventional CPAP for the treatment of neonates recovering from respiratory distress syndrome. … Continue reading →

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Not neonatology: trip to the antipodes, last stop on the way back : San Diego

Posted on 29 March 2015 by Keith Barrington

This is the final installment of my travelogue, for on the way back home from Australia, we had been invited to speak at the Annual Conference of the California Association of Neonatologists, now called ‘Cool Topics’. This gave me a … Continue reading →

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Not neonatology: trip to the antipodes, week 11. Melbourne!

Posted on 29 March 2015 by Keith Barrington

Our last week before leaving Oz and we were fortunate to be in Melbourse, we managed to arrive the day before their ‘nuit blanche’ a non-stop overnight festival of art and cultural events. Which included, for example, this projection of a … Continue reading →

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Neonatal Updates

Posted on 26 March 2015 by Keith Barrington

Willson D, et al : The Lack of Specificity of Tracheal Aspirates in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Infection in Intubated Children. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2014, 15(4):299-305. Nosocomial pneumonias in intubated patients are common in adults and older children, in … Continue reading →

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Should we be using bevacizumab for retinopathy of prematurity?

Posted on 26 March 2015 by Keith Barrington

 Geloneck MM, Cet al: Refractive outcomes following bevacizumab monotherapy compared with conventional laser treatment: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Ophthalmol 2014, 132(11):1327-1333. In this follow-up of the BEAT-RoP trial, eyes randomized to have laser were more likely to have severe … Continue reading →

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Endotracheal Tube Positioning, getting it right, but not too far right.

Posted on 24 March 2015 by Keith Barrington

Our tiny babies have very tiny tracheas. So far you are probably all with me. Putting that tube in the right position is therefore tricky. In particular avoiding the right mainstem bronchus, which is the wrong position, is important. So … Continue reading →

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