Category Archives: Neonatal Research

Sehgal A, et al. Right Ventricular Function in Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Association with Respiratory Sequelae. Neonatology. 2016;109(4):289-96. Babies with BPD frequently have some degree of pulmonary hypertension, which may lead to right ventricular dysfunction. Arvind Seghal and colleagues studied … Continue reading →

Annie Janvier has just had another article published on-line, in JAMAPediatrics. The full title is “Tattoos, Beer, and Bow Ties: The Limits of Professionalism in Medicine”  It tells of a day when she met a patient’s father for the first time … Continue reading →

This new publication is not a complete systematic review, but is a review of the history, design and outcomes of the oxygen saturation targeting trials, and of the early stopping of 2 trials. Stenson BJ. Oxygen Saturation Targets for Extremely Preterm … Continue reading →

I am in the process of re-organizing the “Important Neonatal Publications” page, into a number of sub-pages with topics. It was getting a bit long and hard to find anything you are particularly interested in. I will be adding more … Continue reading →

Tommy Douglas was a former professional boxer, who was also a Baptist minister, and is the father of Canadian Medicare. He was from the Canadian Prairies, has been referred to as the ‘greatest Canadian of all time’ and worked tirelessly … Continue reading →

Palivizumab is an enormously expensive medication, an antibody which is given intramuscularly about once per month to at-risk infants to prevent infection with the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Recently the AAP and the CPS have changed their recommendations to reduce … Continue reading →