Tag Archives: respiratory support

What role for High Flow Nasal Cannulae?

Posted on 4 December 2020 by Keith Barrington

There are a few new publications which might help us to answer the question posed in the title of this post. When heated, humidified, high flow nasal cannulae were first being spoken about I remembered an old study using standard … Continue reading →

Posted in Neonatal Research | Tagged BPD, Randomized Controlled Trials, respiratory support | 3 Comments

Dexamethasone ENT doses

Posted on 31 August 2020 by Keith Barrington

Although we have a great group of ENT surgeons at my hospital, we do have one bone of contention; at least, there is just one bone left since they have agreed that you cannot diagnose reflux by performing a laryngoscopy! … Continue reading →

Posted in Neonatal Research | Tagged Randomized Controlled Trials, respiratory support, steroids, Systematic Reviews | 1 Comment

Weaning CPAP

Posted on 10 March 2014 by Keith Barrington

One of the things that we should always remember in neonatology is that the main goal of any supportive therapy is to stop it. The main goal of blood pressure support should be to achieve hemodynamic stability in order to … Continue reading →