Category Archives: Neonatal Research

Late Surfactant may not be effective, probably.

Posted on 29 October 2015 by Keith Barrington

A large multi-center trial (n=511) led by Roberta Ballard has just been published. (Ballard RA, et al. Randomized Trial of Late Surfactant Treatment in Ventilated Preterm Infants Receiving Inhaled Nitric Oxide. J Pediatr 2015.) In this trial infants had similar … Continue reading →

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When should we treat hyperbilirubinemia in preterm infants?

Posted on 28 October 2015 by Keith Barrington

I missed this when it was first published, but it came up on one of my regular searches at the weekend. Hulzebos CV, et al. The bilirubin albumin ratio in the management of hyperbilirubinemia in preterm infants to improve neurodevelopmental outcome: … Continue reading →

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A new book, with great chapters!

Posted on 27 October 2015 by Keith Barrington

A new book about neonatal clinical ethics has just been released. Eduard Verhagen and Annie Janvier are the editors. Here is the blurb: Ethical Dilemmas for Critically Ill Babies Editors: Verhagen, Eduard, Janvier, Annie. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, … Continue reading →

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A step forward in neonatal resuscitation. And Oh So Simple.

Posted on 27 October 2015 by Keith Barrington

When you are resuscitating a baby, and you ask, how is the heart rate? What kind of answer do you get? “It’s good” “pulse is a bit slow” “I think its around 80”? As Lou Halamek and his team recount … Continue reading →

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Life in a hospital…

Posted on 26 October 2015 by Keith Barrington

My nephew Charles has a youtube channel that I directed readers to previously, I really like his funny recent video `life in a hospital‘ but I hesitated to publish a link here. There are some stereotypical nurse images that might … Continue reading →

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Another confirmation of the excellent quality of life of very preterm infants

Posted on 22 October 2015 by Keith Barrington

Huhtala M, et al. Health-related quality of life in very low birth weight children at nearly eight years of age. Acta Paediatrica. 2015 This study from Finland showed an excellent quality of life of former VLBW infants at “nearly 8 … Continue reading →

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Can we stop worrying about neonatal hypoglycaemia?

Posted on 21 October 2015 by Keith Barrington

In the same, neonatal, issue of the Formerly Prestigious New England Journal of Medicine as my recent post about inhaled steroids, is a fascinating cohort study of serial blood glucose monitoring in 404 at-risk term infants (the CHYLD study). The infants … Continue reading →

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A couple of excellent articles

Posted on 20 October 2015 by Keith Barrington

The first of these 2 articles is a general tale of evidence-based medicine. One of the best articles (or blog posts) that I have read in a long time, from the excellent David Gorski of Science-based Medicine, who is also … Continue reading →

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Outrageous marketing at the CAPHC meeting, selling out for a free lunch.

Posted on 19 October 2015 by Keith Barrington

I was going to write a short post about my presentation at the meeting of the Canadian Association of Pediatric Health Centers (CAPHC) in Quebec city.  I was asked by the organizers to talk about how variations in practice affect … Continue reading →

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Early steroids to prevent Chronic Lung Disease; give them directly into the lungs?

Posted on 16 October 2015 by Keith Barrington

Bassler D, et al. Early Inhaled Budesonide for the Prevention of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. New England Journal of Medicine. 2015;373(16):1497-506. One of those ongoing trials that we have been awaiting the results of has just been published. The NEUROSIS trial was a … Continue reading →

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