Work of Breathing and Oxygen Saturation in Infants Receiving High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)

Christiana Care Health Services

Status: Completed

Conditions: High Flow Nasal Cannula

Treatments: Other: Enrollment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03529994

DDD603875

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare work of breathing on different levels of high flow respiratory support on infants born between 27 and 37 weeks gestation.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 6 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Infants between 27 and 37 weeks corrected gestational age
• >4 days PNA
• Stable (i.e. not meeting exclusion criteria) and receiving non-invasive respiratory support (HFNC) for ≥ 12 hours
• Requiring ≤ 40% supplemental FiO2 as determined by the clinical care team for clinical care purposes independent of this study

Exclusion criteria

• Infants with skeletal, neuromuscular, or abdominal surgical disorders that affect the accuracy of WOB measurements

Trial design

30 participants in 1 patient group

Enrollment

Treatment:

Other: Enrollment