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Author Archives: Keith Barrington
Intravenous Nutrition of sick term and late preterm infants : part 1.
There are 2 new trials addressing different aspects of the questions surrounding what to do about TPN for this group of babies. My readers may remember my post about the PEPaNIC trial, which showed that there were disadvantages of early … Continue reading
Posted in Neonatal Research
Tagged Parenteral Nutrition, Randomized Controlled Trials, Sepsis
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Nasal intubation improves feeding outcomes
The title of the post sneakily did not mention that I am referring to a study in a specific subgroup of babies, the paper is a report of an RCT in newborn infants who had heart surgery. Yildirim MI, et … Continue reading
Vitamin A for prevention of lung disease in the preterm
Previous studies have shown that vitamin A supplementation can reduce the frequency of BPD, but the practice has not become widespread. In part, I think, it is because repeated intramuscular injections of vitamin A are the route that has been … Continue reading
PAS meeting 2024: The Silverman Lecture
For those who are unaware, the Silverman Lecture is an annual honour bestowed by the AAP. A neonatologist who has made. or is making, major impacts in neonatology is asked to deliver the lecture. Bill Silverman was one of the … Continue reading
PAS report 2024: Alan Jobe
There was a hiccup yesterday, I was writing the part 2 and it suddenly got posted as just the title, and the entire post disappeared. I had to start all over (which has never happened before, there are usually automatic … Continue reading
Posted in Neonatal Research
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PAS report 2024: Clinical Trials part 2
The NeoGluCO trial This trial was a modestly sized RCT of low dose diazoxide for treatment of persistent or severe hypoglycaemia in newborn infants of at least 35 weeks gestation. I say “modestly sized” as a descriptor, not a criticism, … Continue reading
PAS report 2024: Clinical Trials part 1.
As usual the PAS meeting was packed with neonatology. The App was even worse than last year, crashing frequently on many peoples’ phones. It was completely useless for the posters, as they were listed by number, and the different sessions … Continue reading
Not neonatology. Birding in western Ontario
On my way to the PAS annual meeting in Toronto, I decided to spend a couple of days at Point Pelee national park. It is the southern-most point of Canada, a peninsula jutting out into lake Erie that is a … Continue reading
Posted in Neonatal Research
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When you can see what you are doing, you can see what you have done: Video-Laryngoscopy in the newborn
I have been increasingly using video laryngoscopy in my practice, both when I myself perform the intubation, and when I am supervising a resident or other trainee. I usually ask them to use a VL when it is a nurse … Continue reading
Posted in Neonatal Research
Tagged endotracheal intubation, Premedication, Preterm, Randomized Controlled Trials, Simulation
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How should we pasteurize donor breast milk?
The standard method of pasteurization of donor breast milk, and I believe the only method approved by HMBANA (the human milk banking association of north america), is similar to what Louis Pasteur himself came up with a couple of centuries … Continue reading
Posted in Neonatal Research
Tagged breast milk, infection control, pasteurization, Randomized Controlled Trials, Sepsis
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