A clinical study comparing growth of preterm babies fed expressed breast milk admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Preterm neonates below 33 weeks period of gestation admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/09/009813
- Lead Sponsor
- Vishal Vishnu Tewari
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 93
Inclusion Criteria
Intramural preterm neonates below 33 weeks period of gestation requiring admission to the neonatal intensive care unit
Exclusion Criteria
1. Preterm neonate below 27 weeks period of gestation
2. Preterm neonate more than equal to 33 weeks period of gestation
3. Symmetrical intrauterine growth restricted neonate
4. Preterm intrauterine growth restricted neonate with antenatal Doppler abnormalities
5. Preterm neonate with a life threatening congenital malformation or intestinal anomaly
6. Preterm neonate with dysmorphism
7. Extramural neonate
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mean weight gain (in gm per kg per day), mean increase in Occipito-frontal circumference (in cm per week) and mean increase in length (in cm per week)Timepoint: Admission till discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method a.Time to achieve and sustain full feeding for at least 5 successive days <br/ ><br>b.Time to regain birth weight <br/ ><br>c.Episodes of Feed intolerance requiring interruption of feeds <br/ ><br>d.Necrotizing enterocolitis â?? all stages <br/ ><br>e.Late onset sepsis â?? probable and blood culture positive <br/ ><br>f.Duration of oxygen therapy <br/ ><br>g. Retinopathy of prematurity <br/ ><br>h.All-cause mortality <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Admission till discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit