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Iron therapy for anemia of the preterm; now I’m confused!

Posted on 29 January 2013 by Keith Barrington

I thought I knew, sort of, what to do about iron supplementation in the preterm. Preterm babies outgrew their iron supply, there isn’t very much in breast milk, and you need to supplement to minimize the appearance of anemia of … Continue reading →

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Fresh! New! but not any better.

Posted on 11 October 2012 by Keith Barrington

A new multicenter RCT in preterm infants has just been published. The ARIPI trial which was led by Dean Fergusson from Ottawa and included our NICU as one of the sites (Christian Lachance was our local lead investigator and is … Continue reading →

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Do blood transfusions improve feeding in anemic preterm Infants?

Posted on 2 October 2012 by Keith Barrington

The possible benefits of blood transfusions in anemic preterm infants have never been well investigated. There is some reliable data about the outcomes of babies randomized to different goals of hemoglobin concentration (for example the PINT study Kirpalani H, Whyte RK, Andersen C, Asztalos EV, … 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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