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A study to understand the relation between jaundice level in skin and blood in immature babies requiring treatment for jaundice

An Observational Cross sectional Study to Compare Trancutaneous Bilirubin With Serum Bilirubin in Preterm Neonates Requiring Phototherapy

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2019/02/017797
Enrollment
200
Registered
2019-02-25
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: P84- Other problems with newborn

Interventions

Control Intervention1: nil: Nil

Sponsors

Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All Preterm Newborn(less than 37 completed weeks), inborn or outborn, admitted in the department of Neonatology, developing neonatal hyperbilirubinemia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Parents not giving consent

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Correlation between bilirubin values measured by transcutaneous bilirubinometer(TcB) and serum bilirubin estimation (TSB) before , during and after phototherapy.Timepoint: 1. Immediately before starting phototherapy 2.At 6 hrs of starting phototherapy 3. At 12 hrs of starting phototherapy 4. Thereafter, every 12hrs interval till phototherapy is required 5. Every 12hrs after omitting phototherapy for 48 hrs

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1 Correlation between TcB and TSB In different etiology of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia ( hemolytic and non hemolytic etiology) 2. Correlation between TcB and TSB in different Gestational age and birth weight categoryTimepoint: 1.Immediately before starting phototherapy 2.At 6 hrs of starting phototherapy 3. At 12 hrs of starting phototherapy 4. Thereafter, every 12hrs till phototherapy is required 5. Every 12hrs after omitting phototherapy for 48 hrs

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSomnath Pal

Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata

somnathpal1983@gmail.com9903457386

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026