Work of Breathing in Term Infants

Christiana Care Health Services

Status: Completed

Conditions: Work of Breathing; Term Infant

Treatments: Other: Work of breathing observation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05209269

DDD605112

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a prospective observational cohort study conducted in the mother-baby unit at ChristianaCare. The study is designed to assess work of breathing indices and oxygen saturation stability at discharge in full-term infants. Data obtained will be used to perform a comparative analysis on work of breathing data for premature infants obtained from our previous study. We hypothesize full term (≥37 weeks gestation) infants have decreased work of breathing indices (i.e., phase angle) compared to premature infants (born 26-37 weeks gestation) at discharge.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 day to 1 week old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Infants born ≥37 weeks gestation
• Admitted to the Mother-Baby Unit
• Within 24 hours of expected discharge

Exclusion criteria

• Infants born between < 37week gestation admitted to the Mother-Baby Unit at CCHS
• Infants with skeletal, neuromuscular, or abdominal surgical disorders that affect the accuracy of work of breathing measurements will also be excluded.