Category Archives: Neonatal Research

CPAP or PAF?

Posted on 7 September 2012 by Keith Barrington

Several devices marketed as CPAP devices are not in fact devices designed to deliver constant pressure. For example the Infant Flow device, widely used in NICUs, delivers a constant flow into its circuit, but there is no mechanism to respond to changes … Continue reading →

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Not neonatology: Hermit Crab Migration

Posted on 5 September 2012 by Keith Barrington

I saw this link on one of my favorite websites (the owner doesn’t want it called a blog!) which is Why Evolution is True. The annual hermit crab migration in St John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. St John is … Continue reading →

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Predicting Long Term Outcomes: MRI at term for very preterm babies

Posted on 4 September 2012 by Keith Barrington

The most recent Acta Paediatrica includes 2 articles. One from parents of a very preterm infant that we looked after at Sainte Justine. They recount their experiences of having a baby at 25 weeks, and what happened to them when they had a brain … Continue reading →

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‘Do everything’

Posted on 3 September 2012 by Keith Barrington

A wonderful article just published by Chris Feudtner, who dissects a phrase that we hear all too often. ‘I want you to do everything’. He examines what families mean when they say this, and how we might respond as medical … Continue reading →

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Neonatal Heart Surgery and Surgical volumes

Posted on 3 September 2012 by Keith Barrington

I wanted to write about this issue for a while, but it is a very complex problem. There are many studies which show varying outcomes of pediatric, and in particular neonatal, heart surgery. By which I mean that some programs have fewer … Continue reading →

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Not neonatology- Nature Photography

Posted on 29 August 2012 by Keith Barrington

I have only once before posted a non-neonatology post on this blog. But occasionally if there is something I find especially striking I will provide a simple link. Here is a link to the BBC nature website, which by itself … Continue reading →

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Weekly updates #4

Posted on 29 August 2012 by Keith Barrington

Ok not even nearly weekly, but I am now back from vacation, and after clearing though my inbox pressing the delete button several hundred times, I am ready to start posting again. van der Ham DP, Vijgen SM, Nijhuis JG, van Beek … Continue reading →

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Predicting Successful Extubation

Posted on 21 August 2012 by Keith Barrington

A couple of years ago I wrote an editorial for the Jornal de Pediatria, a Brazilian journal, about extubation failure. (full text available free here). At that time the most promising test fo predicting extubation failure appeared to be some variant of … Continue reading →

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Weekly Updates #3

Posted on 8 August 2012 by Keith Barrington

A few new publications (I know it’s not quite weekly, but I am on vacation!): Nguyen TP, Amon E, Al-Hosni M, Gavard JA, Gross G, Myles TD: “Early” versus “late” 23-week infant outcomes. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2012(0). Not too … Continue reading →

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Improving outcomes of Preterm Infants, early post-discharge intervention programs

Posted on 8 August 2012 by Keith Barrington

The history of early intervention programs is rather mixed. Do they actually help to improve outcomes? The most recent cochrane review was published in 2007 by the amazingly productive Lex Doyle and his colleagues, and was followed by an updated review … Continue reading →

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