Category Archives: Neonatal Research

Are we Civilized?

Posted on 20 November 2013 by Keith Barrington

I have always thought that one very important test of a truly civilized culture is how a society treats those who are less fortunate. An editorial in the Lancet (thanks to Nick Embleton for alerting me to it) takes up … Continue reading →

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Captain America?

Posted on 18 November 2013 by Keith Barrington

For the second US oriented post today, I wanted to refer to a great article by a Sikh man who dressed up as Captain America and walked around in public. We writes about his experiences in a piece published on-line … Continue reading →

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Neonatal Updates

Posted on 18 November 2013 by Keith Barrington

Kapadia VS, Chalak LF, Sparks JE, Allen JR, Savani RC, Wyckoff MH: Resuscitation of preterm neonates with limited versus high oxygen strategy. Pediatrics 2013. This trial randomized infants 24 to 34 weeks of age who needed to be resuscitated. Infants … Continue reading →

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Banking on it

Posted on 10 November 2013 by Keith Barrington

I guess this was the next step, after blood banks, and human milk banks, the next big advance is a poop bank. Although we don’t know if autologous stool transplants will be as successful as donor stool to treat C … Continue reading →

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Neonatal updates

Posted on 7 November 2013 by Keith Barrington

Potijk MR, Kerstjens JM, Bos AF, Reijneveld SA, de Winter AF: Developmental Delay in Moderately Preterm-Born Children with Low Socioeconomic Status: Risks Multiply. The Journal of pediatrics 2013, 163(5):1289-1295. The team in Groningen have been publishing fascinating data about the … Continue reading →

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All trials must be published

Posted on 6 November 2013 by Keith Barrington

A recent article in the BMJ reports that when they investigated large RCTs (more than 500 participants)  that had been registered and appeared to have been completed at least 4 years ago, 29% of them were still not published. The … Continue reading →

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Preterm Babies are Human Beings Too

Posted on 5 November 2013 by Keith Barrington

The Canadian Medical Association Journal has just published a Commentary by 2 neonatologists from the USA. Batton D, Batton B: Advocating for equality for preterm infants. Canadian Medical Association Journal 2013. The commentary is in response to the CPS recent … Continue reading →

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100,000 page Views!

Posted on 4 November 2013 by Keith Barrington

I guess I am now an established blogger… just over 300 posts in about 18 months, 100,000 page views from 151 different countries. For a while I thought I must be blocked in China, but I now have had 2 … Continue reading →

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Palivizumab for late preterm infants, can we afford it?

Posted on 4 November 2013 by Keith Barrington

It is quite clear that palivizumab reduces the incidence of RSV disease, and probably also the severity, among those who still get it nevertheless. It is just as clear that it is extremely expensive. If RSV is likely to make … Continue reading →

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Neonatal Mortality: good news… could do better.

Posted on 3 November 2013 by Keith Barrington

The new report of the WHO Global Health Observatory notes that child mortality, infant mortality and neonatal mortality have all fallen substantially in the last 23 years. The efforts toward obtaining the millennium goals are bearing fruit. http://www.who.int/gho/child_health/mortality/neonatal_infant_text/en/index.html The detailed … Continue reading →

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