Tag Archives: BPD

Interesting study, impossible results. Donor breast milk is not toxic.

Posted on 29 October 2023 by Keith Barrington

Is it possible that giving artificial formula to babies will prevent 90% of the deaths of very preterm babies, compared to using donor human milk? (Chehrazi M, et al. Outcomes in very preterm infants receiving an exclusive human milk diet, … Continue reading →

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Closing the PDA… or leaving it alone?

Posted on 20 October 2023 by Keith Barrington

Two new publications, in the Journal of Pediatrics, report trends in definitive closure of the PDA. This is a subject that I haven’t written about much on the blog, I wrote about the Beneductus trial last year, which was an … Continue reading →

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Long break, same preoccupations!

Posted on 10 October 2023 by Keith Barrington

I had a long break from blogging over the summer, and, as I return to action, I note that there are some really high quality studies which have been performed or are in progress. But I continue to lament some … Continue reading →

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“Death or NDI” does it matter… to anybody?

Posted on 30 May 2023 by Keith Barrington

Despite the evidence that “NDI” is of little interest to parents, we continue to focus on it in outcome studies, and even equate it with death. Unfortunately, this new study, using the substantial resources of the NICHD NRN and their … Continue reading →

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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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