NCT04258722

Reducing Adverse Delivery Outcomes Through Teleneonatology: A Feasibility Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 51 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Teleneonatology, the use of audio-video communication to facilitate neonatal-perinatal care, may bridge the resuscitation quality gap by connecting centers with lower level care to experienced care providers. Using randomized trial design, this investigation will compare teleneonatal resuscitation facilitated by a neonatologist to standard resuscitation within a simulated environment.

Detailed description

Multiple studies have evaluated telemedicine using simulation, but the level of evidence for the use of telemedicine to improve neonatal resuscitation is low. In this investigation and within a simulated environment, pediatric interns and residents will resuscitate a simulated 25 week infant at delivery assisted by a simulated nurse and respiratory therapist. Participants will be randomized to resuscitation performed either with or without telemedicine facilitated by a neonatologist. The primary outcome will be time to effective ventilation with other secondary outcomes including metrics derived from the American Academy of Pediatrics Neonatal Resuscitation Program.

Conditions

• Newborn Morbidity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Resuscitation Personnel	Type of resuscitation team

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-11-30
• Primary completion: 2023-01-30
• Completion: 2023-01-30
• First posted: 2020-02-06
• Last updated: 2023-12-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States