CompletedNot Applicable

Ventilation Distribution During Spontaneous Breathing in Healthy Newborn Infants

Finland20 participantsStarted 2018-03-05

Plain-language summary

Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is an evolving monitoring tool for respiratory support in neonatal and pediatric intensive care. In this observational study basic EIT parameters will be measured on 20 healthy newborn infants during spontaneous breathing and assess the effect of position changes in ventilation distribution.

Who can participate

Age range12 Hours – 5 Days

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Written informed consent from a parent or legal guardian * Gestational age 37+0 - 42+0 weeks * Uneventful follow-up in maternity ward Exclusion Criteria: * Respiratory distress * Admission to NICU * Thorax skin lesions * Prior participation in this study

What they're measuring

Anteroposterior ventilation distribution

Timeframe: 1 hour

Right-to-left ventilation distribution

Timeframe: 1 hour

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03455400

SponsorUniversity of Oulu

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2018-08-31

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