Category Archives: Neonatal Research

Reducing Global Neonatal Mortality

Posted on 21 December 2012 by Keith Barrington

Melinda Gates has written a column in the Economist where she notes that the improvements in child and maternal mortality seen in response to the millennium development goals have not been reflected in reductions in neonatal mortality. The column is short, … Continue reading →

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Weekly Updates #18

Posted on 21 December 2012 by Keith Barrington

Abbas W, Attia NI, Hassanein SM: Two-stage single-volume exchange transfusion in severe hemolytic disease of the newborn. The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine. 2012, 25(7):1080-1083. In this randomized clinical trial the authors did 104 exchange transfusions, they randomized the … Continue reading →

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I am Epicurious…

Posted on 14 December 2012 by Keith Barrington

Two publications have just appeared from the EPICURE 2 study. The first (Costeloe KL, Hennessy EM, Haider S, Stacey F, Marlow N, Draper ES: Short term outcomes after extreme preterm birth in England: comparison of two birth cohorts in 1995 … Continue reading →

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Weekly Updates #17

Posted on 7 December 2012 by Keith Barrington

Moon C, Lagercrantz H, Kuhl PK: Language experienced in utero affects vowel perception after birth: A two-country study. Acta Paediatrica 2012. This is neat, the researchers played recordings of different vowel sounds to Swedish and American babies who were just … Continue reading →

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One Babe at a Time: ART and a multiplicity of multiples

Posted on 7 December 2012 by Keith Barrington

I have just written a review article which is in the submission revision process for a journal that shall remain nameless (I don’t know why, but that is the tradition, you don’t say which journal, until it gets accepted) It … Continue reading →

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Weekly Updates #16

Posted on 1 December 2012 by Keith Barrington

Sarajuuri A, Jokinen E, Mildh L, Tujulin A-M, Mattila I, Valanne L, Lönnqvist T: Neurodevelopmental burden at age 5 years in patients with univentricular heart. Pediatrics 2012. This study followed infants with univentricular lesions, both hypoplastic left heart syndrome and … Continue reading →

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New agents for hemodynamic support; how to evaluate them?

Posted on 1 December 2012 by Keith Barrington

I have only ever prescribed a vasopressin infusion once for a baby. An infant was dying of septic shock and I done everything that I thought might help, without any evident benefit. So I decided to try vasopressin, based on … Continue reading →

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Erythromycin: not another toxic placebo!

Posted on 29 November 2012 by Keith Barrington

Erythromycin is an antibiotic. This much is true. It is active against mycoplasma and against ureaplasmas, but is very poor at actually eradicating them. It also stimulates motilin receptors in the bowel, that is why it increases bowel activity, and … Continue reading →

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More about reflux: anti-acid medications may also be toxic placebos

Posted on 28 November 2012 by Keith Barrington

While I am still finalizing my long overdue chapter on gastro-esophageal reflux (sorry Sanjay if you are reading this, it is on its way, honestly) I have been reviewing the data on acid blockade as a potential treatment. Probably the … Continue reading →

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Home again

Posted on 26 November 2012 by Keith Barrington

Back from the trip to Australia, still a bit frazzled.. but we had a great time, the conference was excellent, the hospitality even better, thanks to Peter (and Noni), Lex, Jennifer and Niki. I have put my presentations on this … Continue reading →

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