Tag Archives: BPD

PAS 2023, some supplemental selected stuff

Posted on 8 May 2023 by Keith Barrington

As usual, the annual meeting of PAS had too many things going on simultaneously to be able to get to all the interesting looking neonatal research. But here are a few things, that were of interest to me, and which … Continue reading →

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Pulmonary outcomes in the preterm: beyond BPD

Posted on 17 April 2023 by Keith Barrington

A long break since my last post. I have had a couple of trips, to Arizona and to Australia, and more recently to Washington DC. With each conference I now try, if I can, to take an extra few days … Continue reading →

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Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; does it matter?

Posted on 7 June 2022 by Keith Barrington

I just published a “different view” article addressing the question in the title, with a group of expert collaborators, Mai Luu who is our follow up doc in Montreal, and helps to run the Canadian Neonatal Follow-Up Network (CNFUN), Paige … Continue reading →

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Automated oxygen control, what’s taking so long?

Posted on 29 April 2022 by Keith Barrington

A long long time ago, in a galaxy… actually quite near here, the idea of servo control of inspired oxygen was already in the air. At the time I first heard about it, the idea was to control FiO2 based … Continue reading →

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Preterm babies, PLEASE don’t smoke!

Posted on 5 April 2022 by Keith Barrington

One of the most addictive and harmful drugs of all is perfectly legal. Tobacco, and the nicotine it contains, are subject to prohibition for adults nowhere in the world, despite millions of deaths, prolonged severe disability, and being probably as … Continue reading →

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Steroids to improve pulmonary outcomes in preterm infants.

Posted on 29 March 2022 by Keith Barrington

When we consider using steroids in a preterm infant, ventilator dependent, with evolving lung disease, what outcomes are we most interested in? Survival, surely, is the first outcome that we want to improve, and secondly long-term pulmonary health. The adverse … Continue reading →

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Hydrocortisone, with backup dexamethasone, to prevent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Posted on 28 March 2022 by Keith Barrington

A trial that has been awaited for a while has just been published (Watterberg KL, et al. Hydrocortisone to Improve Survival without Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. N Engl J Med. 2022;386(12):1121-31). It was a multi-centre RCT of hydrocortisone in 800 very preterm … Continue reading →

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Does Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux matter in BronchoPulmonary Dysplasia?

Posted on 6 March 2022 by Keith Barrington

The title is deliberately a bit vague as I wanted to discuss whether GOR contributes to the pathogenesis of BPD, and also whether it is important in infants with established BPD. Does GOR contribute to the development of BPD? There … Continue reading →

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Survival and outcomes for the extremely preterm. The NICHD network results continue to improve: Can we do even better?

Posted on 20 January 2022 by Keith Barrington

A new publication from the NRN describes short term outcomes and care practices of babies from 22 to 28 weeks gestation born in recent years (2013 to 2018) and for those born in 2013-2016 results of evaluations of those followed … Continue reading →

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STOP-BPD follow up study

Posted on 13 January 2022 by Keith Barrington

Does routine hydrocortisone, started at 7 to 14 days of age among infants <30 weeks GA and/or <1250g birth weight who were ventilator dependent and at increased risk for BPD, affect their long term developmental progress? (Halbmeijer NM, et al. … Continue reading →

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