Tag Archives: families

Hope for HIE

Posted on 20 November 2025 by Keith Barrington

I was struck this morning by a new article in Pediatric Research a “Family Perspectives” written by the founder of the organisation that has the same name as the title of this post, “Hope for HIE“, Betsy Pilon (Pilon B. … Continue reading →

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Long-term outcomes after preterm birth; the next step

Posted on 9 October 2024 by Keith Barrington

I usually try to avoid buzz-words and phrases like “paradigm shift” but it applies well, I think, to what is happening in the world of neonatal follow-up, and more broadly, I hope, to neonatal research as a whole. Neonatologists were … Continue reading →

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Giving bad news as it happens

Posted on 30 January 2020 by Keith Barrington

A new publication from my great group at Sainte Justine. Lizotte MH, et al. Techniques to Communicate Better With Parents During End-of-Life Scenarios in Neonatology. Pediatrics. 2020:e20191925. We have already published about what residents think about being part of a … Continue reading →

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Should we try?

Posted on 11 October 2019 by Keith Barrington

Arnolds M, et al. Worth a Try? Describing the Experiences of Families during the Course of Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit When the Prognosis is Poor. The Journal of pediatrics. 2018;196:116-22 e3. A few times a year many … Continue reading →

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Guidelines to help parents who have lost one of twins

Posted on 5 November 2017 by Keith Barrington

Many readers of this blog will recognize the name of Nick Embleton as someone who has done a great deal of nutrition research, and research into the intestinal microbiome of very preterm infants. He also has a major interest in … Continue reading →

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Single Family Rooms in the NICU

Posted on 24 March 2017 by Keith Barrington

We have just moved to a brand new NICU, with 80 beds, in 60 single family rooms, and 10 twin rooms. It is enormous, and beautiful, each room has a parent space with a smallish pull out bed (not enough … Continue reading →

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Neonatal Sepsis after Chorioamnionitis, what to do about healthy appearing newborns

Posted on 23 November 2016 by Keith Barrington

In 2007, when I was chair of the CPS Fetus and Newborn Committee, we published a guideline regarding the approach to term and late preterm infants with perinatal risk factors for sepsis. Obviously any infant with clinical signs consistent with … Continue reading →

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Antenatal Consultations before very preterm birth; what do parents want?

Posted on 20 September 2016 by Keith Barrington

Gaucher N, et al. Personalized Antenatal Consultations for Preterm Labor: Responding to Mothers’ Expectations. The Journal of pediatrics. 2016. Call me biased, but I think is a game-changer. (One of the authors is my wife and colleague, another is a … Continue reading →

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Making Good Decisions; part 2

Posted on 24 May 2016 by Keith Barrington

Green J, et al. Quality versus quantity: The complexities of quality of life determinations for neonatal nurses. Nurs Ethics. 2016. This study used a mixture of quantitative (survey of over 400 nurses) and qualitative (interviews with 24 nurses) methods. The … Continue reading →

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Death of a twin

Posted on 6 April 2016 by Keith Barrington

Twins are much more likely to end up in the care of the NICU than singletons, and much more likely to be extremely preterm, and as a result the phenomenon of having one of twins die, while the other remains … Continue reading →

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