Serum Folic Acid Levels in Preterm Infants

Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity and Teaching Hospital

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01360528

Acronym

FALIPI

Enrollment

100

Registered

2011-05-25

Start date

2011-02-28

Completion date

2011-10-31

Last updated

2012-02-17

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

Conditions

Very Low Birth Weight Baby

Keywords

Folic acid replacement, Folic acid, Preterm neonate

Brief summary

Therefore preterm infants must need folic acid replacement than term babies.

Detailed description

All babies need to different vitamin supplementation. Especially preterm infants need some vitamin supplements. Folic acid is very important structure of part of cell growing.ın theorically; preterm infants have very rapid cell reproduction capacity than term infants. Therefore preterm infants must need folic acid replacement than term babies. The investigators want to determine preterm infants folic acid levels due to gestational age whether needs folic acid replacement.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

24 Weeks to 34 Weeks

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

-All preterm infants

Exclusion criteria

-Major congenital anomaly

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results