Melbourne 2012

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2. Mike says:

   18 April 2015 at 07:57

   Dr. Harrington,
   I have been a faithful follower of your blog for more than a year . Thank you very much for all the great posts.
   Considering the limited utility of early ultrasound in VLBW infants, we would like to change our unit policy to doing the first ultrasound only for babies < 30 weeks at 7 to 10 days. We would like to know if you think this is reasonable and also what your unit policy is
   Best regards

   Mike
   Mike sukumar MD
   Rockville MD

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   • keithbarrington says:

     19 April 2015 at 20:38

     Keep the faith!!!
     I think that is exactly the right approach, at 7 to 10 days you can see findings that could have an influence on therapy, that is, intraventricular blood with dilatation.
     Our current ‘tiny baby protocol’ mandates one head ultrasound at 7 to 10 days, and then a follow up at 36 weeks only for those that are abnormal earlier on.

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