Tag Archives: long term outcomes

All that pneumatoses is not NEC

Posted on 17 October 2018 by

OK, I know pneumatose is not a verb, but I thought it was a cute title. What is NEC, anyway? Necrotizing Enterocolitis, of course, you might reply. But it’s not as simple as that. The very preterm baby who deteriorates … Continue reading →

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Important outcomes after extreme prematurity: what do parents think?

Posted on 5 May 2018 by

There has been remarkably little study of the response to the question posed in the title: what do parents think is important in the outcomes of the very preterm baby? Physicians have focused on developmental progress, often as measured by … Continue reading →

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New Published Letter, a response to the ‘number needed to suffer’.

Posted on 2 February 2018 by

The new issue of Acta Paediatrica (Februray 2018) includes a letter I wrote in response to a commentary written by a paediatric anaesthetist, Dr Lönnqvist. If you receive an email with a description of the contents of each issue, as … Continue reading →

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Inhaled Steroids to Prevent BPD? Think again… again!

Posted on 16 January 2018 by

The NEUROSIS trial that I discussed in my previous post has, among other published trials, most in common with the trial by Nakamura published in 2016. Nakamura T, et al. Early inhaled steroid use in extremely low birthweight infants: a … Continue reading →

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Inhaled steroids to prevent BPD? Think again…

Posted on 15 January 2018 by

The NEUROSIS trial was a high quality trial of inhaled budesonide started before 12 hours in extremely preterm infants (23 to <28 weeks gestation) receiving positive pressure respiratory support. The primary outcome of the trial was survival without needing oxygen … Continue reading →

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Time to abandon the Papile classification? (part 2)

Posted on 7 December 2017 by

As I mentioned in the last post, the initial report of outcomes by Bassan and others showed that the infants with severity score 0, (unilateral haemorrhage without midline shift affecting one zone) had reasonably good outcomes, 7 of 8 had … Continue reading →

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The end of the Papile classification? (part 1)

Posted on 28 November 2017 by

In 1978 Lu-Ann Papile published a landmark article detailing the incidence of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in 46 VLBW preterm infants using CT scanning, describing the differing extent of hemorrhage that may be seen, and developing a grading system (there are … Continue reading →

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