Category Archives: Neonatal Research

Paracetamol for the PDA?

Posted on 26 April 2015 by Keith Barrington

EL-Khuffash A, et al. Late medical therapy of patent ductus arteriosus using intravenous paracetamol. Archives of Disease in Childhood – Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 2015;100(3):F253-F6. (CoI statement: The authors of this paper are friends, colleagues and collaborators of mine), the … Continue reading →

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Timing of MRI after HIE

Posted on 17 April 2015 by Keith Barrington

Three recent articles have investigated whether we should wait until a week or so after birth to perform brain imaging in infants with encephalopathy, or whether earlier imaging might be just as predictive. The three articles have consistent findings, which is … Continue reading →

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Bubble Up

Posted on 10 April 2015 by Keith Barrington

In recent years the introduction of Helping Babies Breathe in low-income countries has proven to be effective in reducing fresh stillbirth rates. Babies who would otherwise be considered to be fresh stillbirths are given a chance, helped to breathe and … Continue reading →

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Not Neonatology : Photos from the antipodes

Posted on 10 April 2015 by Keith Barrington

I have re-organized the photos on the photograph pages (click on the menu under the header banner), so each gallery now occupies a separate page. At the same time I have added and re-organized a page on Australian wildlife without … Continue reading →

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A Facebook Page

Posted on 9 April 2015 by Keith Barrington

Sainte Justine Neonatology now has a facebook page. You can find it here : http://www.facebook.com/neonatologie

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Off-label NO: No… or Yes?

Posted on 8 April 2015 by Keith Barrington

Recent articles about off-label use of inhaled Nitric Oxide (iNO) in the preterm infant shows that such use is : a. extremely variable from one center to another, (Truog WE, et al. Inhaled nitric oxide usage in preterm infants in … Continue reading →

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Bevacizumab or that other more expensive one?

Posted on 2 April 2015 by Keith Barrington

A very interesting and depressing group of articles in today’s BMJ. Retinopathy of prematurity is a small market compared to wet macular degeneration in the elderly, in whom VEGF inhibitors are proven to be extremely effective. Ranibizumab (I will call … Continue reading →

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What’s new in non-invasive respiratory support?

Posted on 1 April 2015 by Keith Barrington

A round-up of a few publications that have appeared over the last few months. Lampland AL et al: Bi-level CPAP does not improve gas exchange when compared with conventional CPAP for the treatment of neonates recovering from respiratory distress syndrome. … Continue reading →

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Not neonatology: trip to the antipodes, last stop on the way back : San Diego

Posted on 29 March 2015 by Keith Barrington

This is the final installment of my travelogue, for on the way back home from Australia, we had been invited to speak at the Annual Conference of the California Association of Neonatologists, now called ‘Cool Topics’. This gave me a … Continue reading →

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Not neonatology: trip to the antipodes, week 11. Melbourne!

Posted on 29 March 2015 by Keith Barrington

Our last week before leaving Oz and we were fortunate to be in Melbourse, we managed to arrive the day before their ‘nuit blanche’ a non-stop overnight festival of art and cultural events. Which included, for example, this projection of a … Continue reading →

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