Maturation of the Autonomic Nervous System in Prematures

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01423942

Enrollment

300

Registered

2011-08-26

Start date

2011-10-31

Completion date

2014-12-31

Last updated

2015-05-08

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Conditions

Analysis, Event History

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to try to evaluate the maturation of the autonomic nervous system in prematures.

Detailed description

To evaluate the maturation of the autonomic nervous system in prematures by using heart rate variability analyses.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

1 Days to 100 Days

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* All prematures

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Herat rate variability (HRV) characteristics	3 years	It is well known that maturation of the autonomic nervous system can be detected by heart rate variability in children. The purpose of this study is to apply HRV characteristics in premature infants and try to evaluate if there are noticable changes in these parameters both in healthy and diseased premature infants longitudinally during their stay at the NICU. Outcome measures to be studied are very low frequency ( VLF), low-frequency ( LF), high frequency (HF) frequency bands in the power spectrum density (PSD) of HRV records.

Countries

Israel

Outcome results