Tag Archives: oxygen toxicity

Lower oxygen resuscitation for preterms?

Posted on 15 September 2015 by Keith Barrington

A new publication from a group of us in the CNN, suggests that the answer to that query is ‘not so fast’. Rabi Y, Lodha A, Soraisham A, Singhal N, Barrington K, Shah PS, et al. Outcomes of preterm infants following … Continue reading →

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Oxygen is good for you

Posted on 28 August 2015 by Keith Barrington

Of course you can have too much of a good thing, but you should also try and stay above the minimum. The COT trial investigators, led by Christian Poets, have published a secondary analysis of the results, examining in particular … Continue reading →

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Treating pneumothoraces? Either a tube or leave them alone.

Posted on 21 April 2014 by Keith Barrington

I never understood why it was recommended to give 100% oxygen to treat a pneumothorax. I think the idea was that the gas in the pneumothorax could be replaced by oxygen which would then be reabsorbed more quickly if we … Continue reading →

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Resuscitating preterm infants: how many O’s

Posted on 21 April 2014 by Keith Barrington

Very often in neonatology (and in life) we have to make a decision based on inadequate data. For example, when resuscitating a very preterm baby you have to decide where to set the starting FiO2, even if there are no … Continue reading →

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Apneas are bad for you (probably), this might be part of the reason

Posted on 1 April 2014 by Keith Barrington

I have published two articles that looked a the relationship between apneas and long term outcome. One was taken from pre-discharge recordings of very preterm babies. We compared the long term neurodevelopmental abilities of preterm babies 18 months later, and … Continue reading →

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Oxygen, transfusions, and NEC

Posted on 31 March 2014 by Keith Barrington

What causes NEC! The answer is ‘who knows?’, or perhaps a better one would be ‘its complicated…’ You probably need an immature gut, gut mucosal injury, inflammation and cytokine release, and an abnormal microbiome, all of which probably interact in … Continue reading →

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Public citizen are becoming a public danger

Posted on 13 March 2014 by Keith Barrington

Public citizen are at it again, they have written another letter to the director of the DHHSS to try and follow up on their previous nonsense. I didn’t write about this when I first heard about it, as 1. it … Continue reading →

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