Neonatal core body temperature extended investigation

Neonatal core body temperature measurement

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12611000023954

Enrollment

Registered

2011-01-07

Start date

2010-12-15

Completion date

2015-12-01

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Observational study of 5 body temperature sites on critically ill neonates. Hypothesis: that rectal temperature would be slower to respond to changes in environmental temperature than oesophageal temperature.

Interventions

Observational study of body temperature on critically ill neonates for up to 76 hours. Rectal, Oesophageal, non-invasive thoracic (middlle of the back in contact with the mattress), non-invasive head (middlle of the head in contact with the mattress) and exposed abdominal skin temperatures are recorded on an a battery operated datalogger every 10 seconds.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 to 4 Weeks

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Critically ill babies >35 weeks GA, and <4 weeks post partum. Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy babies or critically ill babies requiring initial ventilator supprt.

Exclusion criteria

Rectal or Oesophageal atresia. less than 35 weeks GA

Outcome results