OUTCOMES OF MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME IN BABIES WHO ARE BORN AT OR AFTER 37 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: P240- Meconium aspiration
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/06/034363
- Lead Sponsor
- ANJITH KRISHNAN R
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Participants: Inclusion Criteria:
•Inborn babies with gestational age equal to or more than 37 weeks
Diagnosis of MAS will be based on the following criteria
•Delivery through MSAF
•Development of respiratory distress within 4 hours after birth and persistence beyond 24 hours.
•Chest X-ray showing features of infiltrations, hyperinflation and atelectasis.
•Absence of any other cause to explain the respiratory distress.
•Parents signing the informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria:
•Babies with major congenital anomalies
•Babies with Meconium stained amniotic fluid without respiratory distress
•New borns with Transient tachypnea of newborn (TTN), Hyaline membrane disease (HMD) , sepsis as initial diagnosis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Outcome measures: Primary Outcomes <br/ ><br>â?¢Mortality rate in neonates with gestational age equal to or more than 37 weeks with meconium aspiration syndrome <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 4-8 weeks <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary Outcomes <br/ ><br>â?¢Percentage of babies requiring invasive ventilation in the study group <br/ ><br>â?¢Percentage of babies requiring non invasive ventilation in the study group <br/ ><br>â?¢Average duration of stay in NICU in the study group <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 4-8weeks