NCT05209269

Work of Breathing in Term Infants

Comparing Oxygen Saturation Stability and Work of Breathing Between Normal Term Infants and Premature Infants Prior to Discharge

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 31 (actual)
• Sponsor: Christiana Care Health Services · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Day – 1 Week
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

This is a prospective observational cohort study conducted in the mother-baby unit at ChristianaCare. The study is designed to assess work of breathing indices and oxygen saturation stability at discharge in full-term infants. Data obtained will be used to perform a comparative analysis on work of breathing data for premature infants obtained from our previous study. We hypothesize full term (≥37 weeks gestation) infants have decreased work of breathing indices (i.e., phase angle) compared to premature infants (born 26-37 weeks gestation) at discharge.

Conditions

• Work of Breathing
• Term Infant

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Work of breathing observation	We will place soft elastic bands around the infant's chest and abdomen to assess their work of breathing.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-22
• Primary completion: 2023-06-01
• Completion: 2023-08-31
• First posted: 2022-01-26
• Last updated: 2023-09-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States