A study of the Effect of Probiotic organism administration on Feeding Tolerance in Very Low Birth Weight Newborn babies
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: -
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2012/08/002853
- Lead Sponsor
- DrShashidharA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All neonates (infants in the first 28 days of life) with a birth weight less than 1.5kg, admitted to NICU SJMCH Bangalore. Postnatal age <2wks and started enteral feeds.
Exclusion Criteria
•Neonates GI tract anomalies, severe congenital malformations.
•Refusal of consent.
•Not started enteral feeds by day 14 of life.
•Outborn babies fed within 72 hrs
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method time to reach full enteral feedsTimepoint: till discharge
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method oincidence of feed intolerance <br/ ><br>oincidence of NEC stage 2 or more <br/ ><br>oduration of hospital stay <br/ ><br>odays on TPN <br/ ><br>oweight gain <br/ ><br>omortality <br/ ><br>Timepoint: till diascharge