Tag Archives: intracranial hemorrhage

Delayed cord clamping or cord milking for the very preterm newborn… or both?

Posted on 18 May 2015 by Keith Barrington

What should we be doing, given the current state of the evidence, for the very preterm neonate? I think the evidence is now pretty clear that full-term babies have benefits, and no significant harm, from delayed cord clamping, which has … Continue reading →

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Three new publications

Posted on 27 January 2014 by Keith Barrington

The latest issue of Seminars in Perinatology has just appeared on line. This is second part of the report of the NICHD, SMFM, ACOG, AAP joint workshop where Annie and I presented. I think these articles are all free access: … Continue reading →

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The PDA, indomethacin and pulmonary hemorrhages.

Posted on 15 December 2013 by Keith Barrington

In a comment on a recent post, Martin Kluckow pointed out that they have just had published a moderately sized RCT. It was supposed to be larger, but intravenous indomethacin became unavailable, so they had to stop the trial. (Kluckow … Continue reading →

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Hypotension

Posted on 17 May 2013 by Keith Barrington

A new study from the NICHD neonatal network Batton B, Li L, Newman NS, Das A, Watterberg KL, Yoder BA, et al. Use of Antihypotensive Therapies in Extremely Preterm Infants. Pediatrics. 2013 May 6.,This prospective cohort study was specifically designed … Continue reading →

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Post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus: when to drain the ventricles

Posted on 22 February 2013 by Keith Barrington

A new editorial from Linda de Vries, (de Vries LS, Brouwer AJ, Groenendaal F: Posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation: When should we intervene? Archives of Disease in Childhood – Fetal and Neonatal Edition 2013.) comments on an article which has been available … Continue reading →

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Reducing transfusions in the NICU

Posted on 6 July 2012 by Keith Barrington

I don’t know why I didn’t think of this, but it is sort of obvious, it just takes someone to think about it and then do it. We need to reduce blood draws in preterm infants, the blood we take … Continue reading →

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