Reliability and Utility of Fluid Balance Charting in Neonates Admitted to the Pediatric Ward.
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 170
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Duration of Admission at the Ward in Days
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if routinely recording fluid balance in sick neonates admitted to the pediatric ward is reliable and useful. The investigators' hypothesis is that it is not useful and reliable.
Detailed Description
Fluid balance charts are commonly used, in the Netherlands, to assess patient fluid volume status. Some disadvantages of recording fluid intake and output are that it is time-consuming and complex. If it would give reliable and accurate information about the fluid volume status there would be a good reason for all this effort. In the few researches that have investigated this subject a low correlation has been found between the fluid balance and the weight changes of an adult patient. Own experience gives reasons to doubt about the reliability of the fluid balance in children, not rarely there is a discrepancy between the fluid balance and the weight measurement. We are interested in the relevance of recording fluid balance in neonates.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Diagnostic
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- — to 28 Days (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Sick neonates admitted to the neonatal ward
Exclusion Criteria
- •Admitted elsewhere before admission to the neonatal ward
- •Indication for recording fluid balance
- •Impossibility to measure the weight every day
- •No consent parents
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Duration of Admission at the Ward in Days
Time Frame: 1-8 months
Duration of hospital stay in days or duration of admission at the pediatric ward in days
Secondary Outcomes
- Use of Diuretics(during days of admission)
- Complications(duration of admission)
Investigators
Jolita Bekhof
MD, Pediatrician
Princess Amalia Children's Clinic