Preterm infants with birth weight between 1200g-1500g can be given enteral feeds without intavenous fluids from first day of life
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Very Low Birth Weight newborns between birth weight 1200-1500g from Day1 of life
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2012/04/002570
- Lead Sponsor
- Jaslok Hospital And Research Centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 44
Inclusion Criteria
All VLBW infants with birth weight between 1200g-1500g admitted in NICU.
Exclusion Criteria
The following infants were excluded
1)Babies with respiratory distress requiring mechanical ventilation (Infants on CPAP, nasal prong or hood oxygen were included)
2)Babies with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
3)Babies with major congenital malformations
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome:-Time to regain birth weightTimepoint: Any time during the study period
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Duration of hospital stay <br/ ><br>2.Incidence of NEC as per modified Bellâ??s criteria <br/ ><br>3.Incidence of neonatal septicemia <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Any time during the study period