The Impact of Continuous Transcutaneous CO2 (TCCO2) Monitoring in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Infants

Rambam Health Care Campus

Status: Completed

Conditions: IVH- Intraventricular Hemorrhage; ELBW - Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03477708

TCCO2 monitoring in ELBW

Details and patient eligibility

About

An observational study comparing outcomes of Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) infants that were monitored with non-invasive Transcutaneous CO2 (TCCO2) monitor to infants that were not monitored by TCCO2 monitor.

Enrollment: 166 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 24 hours old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ELBW infants Need of respiratory support

Exclusion criteria

• Parental refusal IVH before study entry chromosomal abnormalities congenital central nervous system (CNS) abnormalities

Trial design

166 participants in 2 patient groups

Study group

Description:

TCCO2 monitoring

Control group

Description:

Routine monitoring