RecruitingNCT04818762

Peripheral Fractional Tissue Oxygen Extraction and Infection in Term and Preterm Neonates

Peripheral Fractional Tissue Oxygen Extraction and Infection in Term and Preterm Neonates - a Prospective Pilot Observational Study

Sponsor

Medical University of Graz

Enrollment

80 participants

Start Date

Feb 26, 2021

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Preterm Birth Neonatal Infection

Summary

This is a prospective observational pilot study investigating if peripheral fractional tissue oxygen extraction (pFTOE) measured by five short near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) (re-)applications within the first 6 hours after birth in neonates with respiratory distress differs in neonates with early onset infection and neonate without infection

Eligibility

Max Age: 6 Hours

Inclusion Criteria4

Signs of respiratory distress at time-point of inclusion (tachypnoea \>60/minutes, grunting, intercostal/subcostal/jugular retractions, nasal flaring, supplemental oxygen or respiratory upport)
Decision to conduct full life support
Written informed consent
Age \< 6 hours

Exclusion Criteria5

No decision to conduct full life support
no written informed consent
gestational age \<30+0 weeks of gestation
age \> 6 hours
severe congenital malformations, severe asphyxia (umbilical cord artery pH \<7.00)

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