Effects of Iron administration on Auditory Brainstem Evoked Response in neonates at Risk of Latent Iron Deficiency
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Condition 1: Neonatal hearing impairment. Condition 2: Iron deficiency anemia.Sensorineural hearing loss, unspecifiedanaemia
- Registration Number
- IRCT201709019568N18
- Lead Sponsor
- Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
Neonates with gestational ages>35 weeks and weight over 2,500 grshowing at least one of the risk factors for in utero Latent Iron Deficiency including maternal diabetes, maternal gestational hypertension, intrauterine growth restriction, and Serum Feritin levels between 11-75 ng/mL.
Exclusion criteria: Neonates with craniofacial anomalies, chromosome abnormalities, hemolytic diseases, history of infectious disease in the third trimester, clinical evidence of chorioamnionitis, 5-minute Apgar scores<5, evidence of TORCH infections, clinical or laboratory diagnosed sepsis, history of hospitalization in the NICU due to any medical issue.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method eonatal hearing assessment. Timepoint: at birth and one month later. Method of measurement: ABR test.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method