Effect of skin-to-skin care compared with incubator care on cerebral oxygenation in preterm infants on respiratory support

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Prematurity; Neurological - Studies of the normal brain and nervous system; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Complications of newborn

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000959572
• Lead Sponsor: The Royal Women's Hospital Melbourne

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-09-14
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Preterm infants gestational age (GA) at birth less than 33 weeks receiving respiratory support (CPAP, High-Flow nasal cannula or ventilation via an endotracheal tube).
- Parental written consent.
- Clinically stable infants (according to medical and nursing staff).

Exclusion Criteria

- Parents do not wish to have SSC
- First episode of SSC
- Infants who have:
- cerebral malformations
- severe hypoxia-ischaemia (Sarnat Stage III)
- post haemorrhage ventricular dilatation
- grade III-IV intraventricular haemorrhage
- treatment with inotropes
- umbilical catheters in situ

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified