TerminatedNot Applicable

Weekly Versus no Routine Ventilator Circuit Changes in NICU

Stopped: very low enrolled participants

Thailand19 participantsStarted 2015-04

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to determine incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia compared between weekly and no routine ventilator circuit changes in neonatal intensive care unit

Who can participate

Age range1 Day – 1 Year

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * All neonates who admitted at neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and required ventilator support with both intubated at time of neonatal resuscitation and within the NICU as indicated Exclusion Criteria: * Patient was extubated or died within 2 calendar days of endotracheal intubation * Pneumonia was diagnosed before intubation * Outborn who was intubated before referred * Parents declined to participate * Incompatibility of disposable circuits and ventilator * Chromosome abnormality or moribund

What they're measuring

incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (percentage of ventilator-associated pneumonia (events)/mechanically ventilated infant)

Timeframe: within the first 30 days (plus or minus 7 days) after extubation

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02326207

SponsorPrince of Songkla University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-03

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