Category Archives: Neonatal Research

The voice of parents

Posted on 21 June 2014 by Keith Barrington

Kudos to Acta Paediatrica, for an article by a group of parents who were all faced with antenatal counseling in a situation of high risk for extremely preterm delivery. (Staub K, Baardsnes J, Hébert N, Hébert M, Newell S, Pearce … Continue reading →

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A philosopher and a theologian debate neonatology; confusion results

Posted on 13 June 2014 by Keith Barrington

I came across this article from a philosopher who apparently does bioethics, the title is, ‘what should we do about severely impaired newborns?’ The article is a report (by the philosopher) of a debate at the American Association of Thoracic … Continue reading →

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Doing research using Youtube

Posted on 12 June 2014 by Keith Barrington

When my kids went to have their immunizations we took some sucrose solution with us to the hospital (don’t ask me how we came to have sucrose solution, its a secret) and were ready to either have the immunizations done … Continue reading →

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Position statements and overtreatment

Posted on 12 June 2014 by Keith Barrington

A few years ago when I was chair of the Canadian Paediatric Society Fetus and Newborn Committee, we produced a statement about what to do with full term babies with risk factors for sepsis. Our recommendation was, to put it … Continue reading →

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What to give before intubation

Posted on 9 June 2014 by Keith Barrington

The blog has been quiet recently, for various personal and professional reasons, but I will be getting back into the groove. I got really concerned over the last couple of days, my usually reliable personal PubNeoMed in my brain told … Continue reading →

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New Lactoferrin Data

Posted on 29 May 2014 by Keith Barrington

Two new articles addressing effects of lactoferrin. Both used bovine lactoferrin (bLF), one was in humans, the other in piglets. In case you haven’t been following closely, lactoferrin is an iron transport protein that has multiple anti-infective properties, against bacteria, … Continue reading →

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Filling Buckets

Posted on 29 May 2014 by Keith Barrington

The title of this post is the title of a wonderful new article in JAMA; an article describing 3 patient encounters by 2 physicians at different stages of their career and a medical student. Read it if you have access, and if you want to … Continue reading →

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Low Cardiac Output after PDA ligation

Posted on 22 May 2014 by Keith Barrington

Some babies after PDA ligation develop a low cardiac output, Patrick McNamara and his colleagues have defined that as being less than 200 mL/kg/min left ventricular output. This cohort study of 30 infants post-ligation, by Afif El-Khuffash and colleagues at … Continue reading →

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Neonatal Updates

Posted on 22 May 2014 by Keith Barrington

Dardas M, Gill SR, Grier A, Pryhuber GS, Gill AL, Lee Y-H, et al. The Impact of Postnatal Antibiotics on the Preterm Intestinal Microbiome. Pediatr Res. 2014. It will be no surprise to readers of this blog that antibiotics are … Continue reading →

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All trials reported, all results available

Posted on 20 May 2014 by Keith Barrington

The ‘All trials’ campaign is picking up steam, a new video is embedded below. I think the inclusion of a patient volunteer was a great idea, the altruistic aspect of consent for clinical trials, and the betrayal of that altruism … Continue reading →

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