Evaluation of the effects of a nursing and treatment concept on intracranial hemorrhage rates in preterm infants with a birthweight below 1.250 grams or a gestational age below 30 weeks at the neonatal intensive care unit Singen

Evaluation of the effects of a nursing and treatment concept on intracranial hemorrhage rates in preterm infants with a birthweight below 1.250 grams or a gestational age below 30 weeks at the neonatal intensive care unit Singen - IVH_V1

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00018859

Enrollment

250

Registered

2019-11-07

Start date

2019-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Periventricular leukomalacia, retinopathy of prematurity requiring therapy, necrotizing enterocolitis, discharge with home oxygen, death during inpatient stay. P52

Interventions

Group 1: This study compares the frequency of brain hemorrhage in preterm infants before and after the introduction of a package of measures. The aim of this package of measures was to reduce the freq

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

No minimum to 1 Days

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Premature babies with a birth weight < 1.250 g or gestational age < 30 0/7 weeks and care within the first 72 hours of life at the Perinatal Centre Singen. Period of data collection July 2006 to June 2017. The data collection was carried out in September 2019.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Severe congenital malformation (cardiac, renal, neurological), severe chromosomal defects, prenatal cerebral haemorrhage, predetermined palliative procedure, lack of documentation in data sources

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Occurrence of brain haemorrhage (severity or parenchyma involvement) in the first days of life diagnosed by cranial sonography.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Important characteristics of neonatal morbidity and mortality: periventricular leukomalacia, retinopathy of prematurity requiring therapy, necrotizing enterocolitis, discharge with home oxygen, death during inpatient stay.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAndreas Trotter

Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum Singen Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin

andreas.trotter@glkn.de07731892800

Outcome results

None listed

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