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About Keith Barrington

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

C’est inSUPPORTable!

Posted on 19 September 2013 by Keith Barrington

A new publication about SUPPORT? Haven’t we heard enough? Well no, this is fascinating, although not entirely unexpected if you think about it. One of the 2 comparisons of the SUPPORT trial involved randomization to be either immediately intubated to receive surfactant, … Continue reading →

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Neonatal Updates #37

Posted on 18 September 2013 by Keith Barrington

Hough JL, Johnston L, Brauer S, Woodgate PF, Schibler AF: Effect of body position on ventilation distribution in ventilated preterm infants. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2013, 14(2):171-177. Regional ventilation was measured using computed impedance tomography. The researchers found no effect … Continue reading →

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What are the responsibilities of clinical researchers?

Posted on 18 September 2013 by Keith Barrington

One of the presentations at the OHRP hearings of the HHS was by George Annas, a JD who has an MPH (for those outside of north america that means he is a lawyer, but with a masters in public health). … Continue reading →

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“There is no foot too small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world”

Posted on 16 September 2013 by Keith Barrington

This link will take you to a very touching tribute written by a 16 year old to his little sister. It is a very personal essay, about his love for the girl who died at 6 weeks of age, but … Continue reading →

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Predicting outcomes, but not before birth

Posted on 13 September 2013 by Keith Barrington

One very important article that I failed to blog about last year when it came out is this one (Ambalavanan N, Carlo WA, Tyson JE, Langer JC, Walsh MC, Parikh NA, Das A, Van Meurs KP, Shankaran S, Stoll BJ … Continue reading →

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HHS hearings, now available on-line

Posted on 12 September 2013 by Keith Barrington

As John Lantos pointed out in a comment response to a previous post on this issue, the public hearings of the HHS which was set up to address consent issues in research comparing standards of care are now available on … Continue reading →

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Neonatal Updates #36

Posted on 12 September 2013 by Keith Barrington

Shaw RJ, St John N, Lilo EA, Jo B, Benitz W, Stevenson DK, Horwitz SM: Prevention of traumatic stress in mothers with preterm infants: A randomized controlled trial. Pediatrics 2013. This looks really interesting, an RCT of a clinical psychologist … Continue reading →

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Pluto, not just a planet anymore.

Posted on 11 September 2013 by Keith Barrington

Or should that be, not even a planet… One other thing I wanted to mention about the PLUTO trial is the entry criterion. The main entry criterion was the presence of clear lower urinary tract obstruction in a male fetus, … Continue reading →

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Who was Bayes, and what did he know about medical research?

Posted on 11 September 2013 by Keith Barrington

I don’t have much detail to answer the first question: he was an 18th century English mathematician who wrote something about probability, that was published after he died. That publication described something called Bayes’ theorem which is a way of … Continue reading →

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10 Things Having A Preemie Has Taught Me About Life

Posted on 9 September 2013 by Keith Barrington

One of the ‘parent of premie’ blogs that I read is ‘Cheering on Charlie’ from a parent of a 26 weeker who is now a beautiful little girl of about 16 months (just about 1 yr old corrected!). I really … Continue reading →

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