Tag Archives: Obstetrics

Maternal complications of extremely preterm delivery

Posted on 22 November 2016 by Keith Barrington

When there is a threatened delivery in the periviable period, one of the decisions that have to be made is about the mode of delivery. In my opinion (IMHO, I think those young’uns say) we should consider the different parts … Continue reading →

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Also, still no parents!

Posted on 27 October 2015 by Keith Barrington

My previous post was long enough without addressing another serious deficiency in these guidelines. It is worth its own post. The guidelines are written by doctors. And only doctors (actually only Obstetricians). There is no input mentioned from any other … Continue reading →

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Intensive care for the extremely preterm infant requires intensive care, and working with Obstetricians

Posted on 23 June 2013 by Keith Barrington

Alleman BW, Bell EF, Li L, Dagle JM, Smith PB, Ambalavanan N, et al. Individual and Center-Level Factors Affecting Mortality Among Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants. Pediatrics. 2013. This paper from the NICHD network shows substantial variation in survival between … Continue reading →

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Perinatal outcomes of IVF twins

Posted on 22 June 2012 by Keith Barrington

Another post about twins and IVF. I’ll back off soon, I promise. A systematic review published just last year notes that the outcomes of twins conceived after IVF is worse than those who are conceived naturally. (Rossi AC, D’Addario V. … Continue reading →

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When to deliver twins?

Posted on 21 June 2012 by Keith Barrington

A new RCT from Australia randomized 235 mothers carrying twins to be either delivered at 37 weeks gestation, or allowed to continue for at least another week (Dodd J, Crowther C, Haslam R, Robinson J, for the Twins Timing of … Continue reading →

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