Can neonates delivered to mothers with risk factors for infection be managed without antibiotics?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Neonates delivered to mothers with risk factors for infection
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/01/011560
- Lead Sponsor
- Banaras Hindu University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 126
Inclusion Criteria
All the following criteria must be met:
1. Gestational age of 34 weeks or more
2. Delivered to mothers with risk factors for sepsis, namely, leaking per vagina >18 hours or foul smelling liquor or intrapartum maternal fever
3. Asymptomatic
4. Able to feed orally
Exclusion Criteria
1. Positive pressure ventilation for more than one minute in delivery room
2. Surgical conditions and major congenital anaomalies
3. Failure to obtain consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Development of sepsisTimepoint: at 3 days of age
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Adverse effects of therapyTimepoint: at 7 days of age;Development of sepsisTimepoint: at 7 days and 1 month of age