Tag Archives: breast milk

Quoted in “nature”

Posted on 5 April 2018 by Keith Barrington

An interesting and well-written article in nature (or, at least, a supplement called “nature outlook”) by a scientific journalist Sarah DeWeerdt has appeared, discussing the acquisition of the intestinal microbiome by newborn infants. She discusses premature infants and the role … Continue reading →

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Breast Milk is good for you; does it matter how you get it?

Posted on 14 February 2018 by Keith Barrington

The benefits of human, especially mother’s own, breast milk are unambiguous, but is expressed breast milk as good as direct breast-feeding? A new cohort study from Canada (Klopp A, et al. Modes of Infant Feeding and the Risk of Childhood … Continue reading →

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Should we freeze maternal breast milk in the NICU? Pasteurize it?

Posted on 1 February 2017 by Keith Barrington

Maternal breast milk is what we should be giving to every preterm infant as much as possible. But we know that there are cases of transmission of cytomegalovirus (CMV) and reports of transmission of other pathogens to babies from breast … Continue reading →

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Re-evaluating what is really friendly to babies

Posted on 9 November 2016 by Keith Barrington

Many hospitals are very proud of being “baby friendly” or are trying to achieve “baby friendly hospital” certification, under the WHO initiative. Unfortunately many parts of that program are not evidence-based, such as (as one example) the ban on soothers … Continue reading →

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Neonatal Updates: Recent Nutritional Publications part 2.

Posted on 16 August 2016 by Keith Barrington

Breast Milk and how to use it Colacci M, et al. Growth and Development in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants After the Introduction of Exclusive Human Milk Feedings. American journal of perinatology. 2016(EFirst). This is a before and after study … Continue reading →

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CMV transmission by breast milk in the very preterm, how important is it?

Posted on 11 May 2016 by Keith Barrington

Over the past couple of years there have been quite a few articles addressing this issue, so I guess it must be important. The results of all these studies are not consistent, however, Kelly MS, et al. Postnatal Cytomegalovirus Infection … Continue reading →

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Is breast-milk really best?

Posted on 11 May 2016 by Keith Barrington

Although many people (including myself) are convinced that human breast milk is the preferable nutrition for human babies, including the preterm, some of the evidence regarding benefits is shaky. For example the evidence that breast milk feeding reduces late-onset sepsis. … Continue reading →

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Neonatal Updates

Posted on 17 November 2015 by Keith Barrington

Gschließer A, et al. Inter-expert and Intra-expert Agreement on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2015;160(3):553-60.e3. The investigators showed 52 retinal photographs to 7 expert ophthalmologists, and then 8 weeks later showed them to … Continue reading →

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New Publication from the Sainte Justine team

Posted on 13 October 2015 by Keith Barrington

We have just published a new article : The first author Marianne Lapointe is our senior NNP who has been heavily involved in improving nutritional standards in our NICU. She was a leader in developing our enhanced enteral feeding protocols, … Continue reading →

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The Power of Parent’s Touch.

Posted on 5 December 2014 by Keith Barrington

My friend and colleague Marsha Campbell-Yeo is part of the Centre for Pediatric Pain research. She has just produced a video about controlling pain in young babies, which you can see here: My only beef is that all the parents … Continue reading →

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