â??EFFECT OF HEAD COVERING ON SERUM CALCIUMLEVEL IN BABIES RECEIVINGPHOTOTHERAPY FOR JUANDICE: A RANDOMIZED COMPARATIVE STUDYâ??
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: R798- Other specified abnormal findingsof blood chemistry
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/05/019019
- Lead Sponsor
- Pawan kumar Verma
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
After taking informed parental consent, all newborns with:
1.Gestational age more than or equal to 35 weeks according to new Ballard score.
2.Weight more than or equal to 2 Kg.
3.Receiving phototherapy as per AAP guidelines.
4.Normal serum calcium levels ( >7.5mg/dl) on admission
Exclusion Criteria
Neonates with :-
1.Gross Congenital anomalies
2.Birth asphyxia and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
3.Serum bilirubin requiring exchange transfusion as per AAP guidelines 2004
4.Maternal diabetes mellitus
5.Maternal intake of anticonvulsants
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Serum calcium levelTimepoint: Hypocalcemia - S. calcium level is less than 7.5 mg/dl
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Serum bilirubin levels <br/ ><br>2.Duration of phototherapy <br/ ><br>Timepoint: S.bilirubin level at start, 12 hrs and at end of phototherapy