Diagnosis of Transient Tachypnea of Newborn

Tanta University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05538780

34987/10/21

Details and patient eligibility

About

Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN) is the most common cause of respiratory distress in fullterm newborn. TTN is a diagnosis of exclusion, It is primarily diagnosed based on medical history and typical clinical presentation. Lung ultrasonography is an accurate, non invasive and reliable tool for diagnosing TTN. Cardiometry is presently the only tool to evaluate thoracic fluid content continuously and noninvasively at the bedside.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 3 days old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• fifty newborns with gestational age ≥ 34 weeks (calculated from the first day of last menstrual period and using New Ballard score) diagnosed with TTN

Exclusion criteria

1. Gestational age less than 34 weeks.
2. Major congenital abnormalities.
3. Congenital heart diseases.
4. Neonatal sepsis.
5. Neonatal pneumonia.
6. Other causes of respiratory distress (RD)