Bowel Motility Patterns in Newborns

A Pilot Study of Bowel Motility Patterns over the First Three Days of Life using the Littmann Electronic Stethoscope 3200

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12615000659505

Acronym

BSIB - bowel sounds in babies

Enrollment

Registered

2015-06-25

Start date

2012-03-05

Completion date

2012-10-26

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The stethoscope is the standard tool used to assess bowel sounds, however, a regular stethoscope does not allow recording of bowel sounds and therefore can be subject to bias. We aimed to establish normal bowel motility patterns in relation to feeding in newborn infants using the Littmann Electronic Stethoscope 3200. This tool enables transmission of real time bowel sounds to a computer for further analysis and standardisation of frequency and amplitude. We hypothesis there is no difference in peristalsis in relation to feeding.

Interventions

Auscultation of the newborn abdomen with the Littmann Electronic Stethoscope 3200, recording bowel sounds before during and after feeding for 1 minute on days 1, 2 and 3 of life and stimulating sucking reflex by either breast feeding or bottle feeding

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

1 Days to 4 Days

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Term infants >36 completed weeks Babies with Apgar scores greater than 7 at 1 and 5 minutes Healthy newborns, not requiring any intervention except routine care such as IV fluids and antibiotics

Exclusion criteria

Preterm infants<36 weeks at birth Major congenital malformations Babies that required active resuscitation at birth with Apgar scores less than 7 at 1 or 5 minutes Babies that require any interventions other than routine care such IV fluids and antibiotics.

Outcome results