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Conditions
Brief summary
Currently, we use a stethoscope to listen to the bowel sounds during examination of the newborn baby. We have now a simple sensor the size of a 20 cent coin, which when placed on the surface of your baby’s abdomen, can pick up bowel sounds without disturbing the baby. Purpose of this study We want to check the usefulness of the new method in picking up bowel sounds in newborn term babies and term sick babies.. What does this study involve? We would like your help with making a 10 minutes recording of bowel sounds in well babies – for 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after a feed in healthy well term and near term babies who are in the NICU. Having recordings of normal bowel sounds may allow us to use the bowel sounds sensor to help babies who are unwell. The bowel sounds sensor may allow us to detect early bowel problems in sick babies and also help us to decide the right time to start feeding in sick babies who are recovering.
Interventions
Detection of bowel sounds using a bowel sounds sensor AcronSensor manufactured by Docentron. A neonatal research nurse will apply the sensor pad using a double sided adhesive tape on the wall of the abdomen to collect 10 minutes of bowel sounds. Bowel sounds will be performed on term well babies and term unwell babies 24 hours after admission.
The nurse will document any issues with applying the sensor pad.
Sponsors
The Townsville Hospital
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
1 Hours to 28 Days
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Term well babies in maternity and term unwell babies in NICU in Townsville Hospital, Queensland and KK Hospital Singapore..
Exclusion criteria
Babies who died or whose mothers are sick and unable to give consent.
Outcome results
None listed