Neonatal Brain Waves After Electrocoagulation

Hadassah Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Epilepsy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00396773

Elactrobrainwaves-HMO-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Electrocoagulation effect of neonatal brain waves after cesarean section

Full description

Electrocoagulation is used for bleeding control on usual basis in cesarean sections and other surgical procedures .

We are planning to test the effect of electrocoagulation unipolar on neonatal brain waves compared with neonates that were exposed to bipolar electrocoagulation .Bipolar electrocoagulation should have les of an effect because of it coagulates in a close ,closed electrical cycle .

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 minute to 30 days old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• term normal newborn after normal pregnancy after elective cesarean section

Exclusion criteria

• any fetal or neonatal disease or condition that may affect brain waves