Category Archives: Neonatal Research

Let it flow?

Posted on 10 January 2013 by Keith Barrington

There are now accumulating a few trials of the use of high flow nasal cannulae (HFNC) as a means of respiratory support in the newborn Collins CL, Holberton JR, Barfield C, Davis PG: A randomized controlled trial to compare heated … Continue reading →

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How do Probiotics and Breast Milk prevent NEC?

Posted on 10 January 2013 by Keith Barrington

The question of the mechanism of action of probiotics and the manner in which breast milk reduces the incidence of NEC are important if we are to figure out for the future how to advance. There are specific components of … Continue reading →

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Using YouTube to save babies’ lives

Posted on 8 January 2013 by Keith Barrington

A great series of videos produced by the global health media project are designed to help health care workers diagnose and treat neonatal health problems. I haven’t yet watched them all, but the evaluation of respiratory problems video, and the … Continue reading →

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Weekly Updates #19

Posted on 4 January 2013 by Keith Barrington

Scattolin S, Gaio P, Betto M, Palatron S, De Terlizzi F, Intini F, Visintin G, Verlato G: Parenteral amino acid intakes: Possible influences of higher intakes on growth and bone status in preterm infants. J Perinatol 2013, 33(1):33-39. This was … Continue reading →

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Donor Breast Milk Banking, and the effects on maternal milk use and production

Posted on 3 January 2013 by Keith Barrington

Human breast milk is the best food for human babies. Although the evidence for some of the benefits is not as sound as I would like, I think it is clear that the benefits for preterm infants are substantial. Hence … Continue reading →

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The Eyes have it! Retinopathy of Prematurity updates

Posted on 1 January 2013 by Keith Barrington

A review article in the PNEJM introducing the basic concepts in the pathophysiology and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (Hartnett ME, Penn JS: Mechanisms and management of retinopathy of prematurity. Prestigious New England Journal of Medicine 2012, 367(26):2515-2526). I think … Continue reading →

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Assisted Reproductive Technologies, and how they affect babies.

Posted on 1 January 2013 by Keith Barrington

ARTs of course affect babies, because they produce babies. Recent advances in ART, however, have not taken much notice of babies. Many changes in technique have been introduced without any investigation of the effects on the final product. If I … Continue reading →

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Not neonatology: let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Posted on 31 December 2012 by Keith Barrington

I hope all my loyal fans (!) are not too disappointed by the lack of posts over the past few days, it was Newtonmas after all. Also, a couple of days after the celebration of the great man’s birthday, there … Continue reading →

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Gastro-esophageal Reflux, are we thick enough?

Posted on 21 December 2012 by Keith Barrington

Making the milk thicker, in order to make it harder to reflux, has a long history in the treatment of GE reflux, or spitting-up babies. As I mentioned in a previous post there are some thickeners that have been associated … Continue reading →

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Probiotics: more than enough!

Posted on 21 December 2012 by Keith Barrington

Yet another small RCT of probiotics. This time 150 infants less than 1500 grams birth weight in an NICU in Mexico were randomized to a mixture of 4 different Lactobacilli and Bifidobacterium infantis or control. There was a reduction in … Continue reading →

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