The Influences of Caffeine on Heart Rate Variability of Preterm Infants

Rambam Health Care Campus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Autonomic Nervous System

Treatments: Drug: Caffeine

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01769118

0442-12

Details and patient eligibility

About

Caffeine has a stimulatory effect on the ANS. This has not yet been investigated in preterm infant who get caffeine before stopping ventilation. The investigators hypothesis is that this stimulatory effect may be characterized by HRV analysis methods.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 34 weeks old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• infants born before 34 weeks gestation

Exclusion criteria

• sepsis
• congenital malformations

Trial design

25 participants in 1 patient group

Caffeine

Description:

caffeine will be given according to clinical judgment

Treatment:

Drug: Caffeine