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The effect of early oral probiotics prescription in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants

Phase 3
Recruiting
Conditions
Condition 1: Very Low Birth Weight. Condition 2: 1_2.499 weight. Condition 3: feeding intolerance. Condition 4: Abdominal distension. Condition 5: vomiting. Condition 6: Digestive bleeding. Condition 7: necrotic enterocolitis. Condition 8: Sepsis.
Extremely low birth weight newborn
Other low birth weight newborn
Neonatal difficulty in feeding at breast
P14
P11
P54.3
P77
P36.9
P07.0
Registration Number
IRCT20220505054746N1
Lead Sponsor
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
300
Inclusion Criteria

Hospitalization in NICU ward
Born weight less than 1500 gr
Stable hemodynamic status
Ability to enteral nutrition
Parent's written consent

Exclusion Criteria

Dissatisfaction of parents
Impossibility of starting standard nutrition for neonate
Existence of any congenital anomalies in neonate
Neonate's CPR need in labor room
Unstable clinical status
Being a child of mothers with substance abuse disorders
Severe abdominal distension or peptic hemorrhage
Immunodeficiency in the family of neonate
Congenital enteral perforation or atresia
Complete forbidding of oral feeding

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Feeding intolerance. Timepoint: In each feeding time. Method of measurement: Checklist.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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