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About Keith Barrington

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

How much oxygen?

Posted on 9 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

At the PAS meeting in Washington DC, that has just finished, the COT trial results were presented, as well as the short term outcomes of the BOOST trials. These are a series of clinical trials which have compared higher saturations … Continue reading →

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Smaller plates please

Posted on 2 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

In this study, first grade children were randomly given either adult sized plates or smaller kiddie plates. (DiSantis KI, Birch LL, Davey A, Serrano EL, Zhang J, Bruton Y, Fisher JO: Plate Size and Children’s Appetite: Effects of Larger Dishware … Continue reading →

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Neonatal Updates #31

Posted on 2 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

Yoder BA, Stoddard RA, Li M, King J, Dirnberger DR, Abbasi S: Heated, Humidified High-Flow Nasal Cannula Versus Nasal CPAP for Respiratory Support in Neonates. Pediatrics 2013. A multi-center RCT among just over 400 infants who were at least 1 … Continue reading →

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Music has charms to soothe a savage breast

Posted on 1 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

William Congreve, The Mourning Bride, 1697: (from Act 1 Scene 1) Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast, To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak. I’ve read, that things inanimate have mov’d, And, as with living Souls, have … Continue reading →

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What the… #2

Posted on 1 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

Some of you may remember my rant about the article that was supposedly about in-hospital developmental care recently published in Early Human Development. Well I sent a note to the editor through the web page telling him about my concerns. … Continue reading →

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‘Creating’ impairment?

Posted on 1 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

A new publication by Annie Janvier and Marc Mercurio, which tries to explain why newborn infants, and especially preterm infants, are treated differently to older children and adults. (Janvier A, Mercurio MR: Saving vs creating: perceptions of intensive care at different ages … Continue reading →

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More support for SUPPORT

Posted on 25 April 2013 by Keith Barrington

A new editorial in the PNEJM from 2 PhD ethicists. I specify that as they are not neonatologists, nor pediatricians nor yet medical researchers, and have no conflict of interest of any kind as far as I can see. Yet … Continue reading →

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Adrenal function in critical illness

Posted on 22 April 2013 by Keith Barrington

A very interesting article in the PNEJM that made me question a lot of my ideas; I always like that when it happens. Boonen E, Vervenne H, Meersseman P,  et al: Reduced Cortisol Metabolism during Critical Illness. Prestigious New England Journal … Continue reading →

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Even more SUPPORTive

Posted on 20 April 2013 by Keith Barrington

Another devastating critique of the OHRP ruling regarding the SUPPORT trial is now available. John Lantos, a world leader in pediatric bioethics (and a good friend) has an article  which seems to be open access: ‘OHRP and Public Citizen Are … Continue reading →

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What the….

Posted on 19 April 2013 by Keith Barrington

Unfortunately studies like the new publication in Early Human Development don’t help anyone. Chen L-C, Wu Y-C, Hsieh W-S,  et al: The effect of in-hospital developmental care on neonatal morbidity, growth and development of preterm taiwanese infants: A randomized controlled … Continue reading →

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