Category Archives: Neonatal Research

What we don’t know about neonatal endocrinology #2, blood sugar regulation.

Posted on 20 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

As a follow on to the previous post, also to highlight a thoughtful review article, we could ask whether blood sugar can be too low to be good for you  (I think there is not much doubt about that) how … Continue reading →

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What we don’t know about neonatal endocrinology #1, the adrenals.

Posted on 20 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

I once wrote a paper with the last author of this article, when we were both working in Edmonton, so I will have to be nice, I guess. Seriously, we do need to know a lot more about adrenal responses … Continue reading →

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Probiotics work in Practice

Posted on 19 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

For anyone who was at the latest PAS meeting, you probably heard about the presentation of Proprems. This is the latest RCT of probiotics, from Australia and New Zealand, using ABCDophilus, which is interestingly manufactured in New Jersey. The authors … Continue reading →

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What’s up doc?

Posted on 19 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

Carrots anyone? This is interesting, but I am afraid I can’t figure out a number of things in the manuscript. The authors report that they randomized 203 babies <33 weeks to get supplemented with carotenoids, they wanted to look at … Continue reading →

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Surgeons like probiotics, breast milk, and eating quickly.

Posted on 18 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

…for their patients of course, or to be more accurate, to reduce the chances of small preterm infants becoming their patients. A review of ways to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis, and then to treat it if it occurs, was just published. … Continue reading →

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Hypotension

Posted on 17 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

A new study from the NICHD neonatal network Batton B, Li L, Newman NS, Das A, Watterberg KL, Yoder BA, et al. Use of Antihypotensive Therapies in Extremely Preterm Infants. Pediatrics. 2013 May 6.,This prospective cohort study was specifically designed … Continue reading →

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Neonatal Updates #32

Posted on 16 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

Cevey-Macherel M, Forcada Guex M, Bickle Graz M, Truttmann AC: Neurodevelopment outcome of newborns with cerebral subependymal pseudocysts at 18 and 46 months: A prospective study. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2013. It is not rare to find these cysts. They … Continue reading →

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Acidosis and the preterm, effects on heart and lungs

Posted on 16 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

Noori S, Wu T-W, Seri I. pH Effects on Cardiac Function and Systemic Vascular Resistance in Preterm Infants. The Journal of pediatrics. 2013;162(5):958-63.e1. This study examined the effects of pH on ventricular outputs and calculated vascular resistance. There was little … Continue reading →

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SUPPORT: even better than originally thought

Posted on 14 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

Public Citizen are at it again, repeating and expanding their idiotic criticisms of the SUPPORT trial. And stating that the trial was ‘even worse than originally thought’. They are now focusing on the ‘problem’ that the NICUs used ‘intentionally inaccurate’ … Continue reading →

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Does NIDCAP work?

Posted on 13 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

I guess that depends on what you mean ‘work’.  Does developmentally sensitive care lead to more responsive, humane, and less disturbing care, improving the environment for our preterm infants, I think the answer is clearly yes. If you mean does … Continue reading →

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