Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02865772
Lamellar Body Counts on Gastric Aspirate in Healthy Term Newborns
Reference Ranges of Lamellar Body Counts on Gastric Aspirate in Healthy Term Newborns
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 248 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Research and Education Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 10 Minutes – 30 Minutes
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The aim of this study to determine the reference ranges of LBC on gastric aspirate in healthy term newborns.
Detailed description
Lamellar bodies represent the storage form of lung surfactant. Surfactant is produced in alveolar type II cells and transported to the alveolar surface as lamellar bodies. Lamellar bodies are present in the amniotic fluid and also gastric aspirate.It has become a preferred test for determine fetal lung maturity, because of the rapid, inexpensive, easily accessible and easily applicable method.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2014-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-12-01
- Completion
- 2014-12-01
- First posted
- 2016-08-12
- Last updated
- 2016-08-12
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02865772. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.