Role of Oral Care in Mechanically Ventilated Preterm Infants
Conditions
Keywords
Oral care
Brief summary
70 Neonates in neonatal intensive care unit , ain shams university , children hospital
Detailed description
preterms less than 34 weeks gestational age , with moderate to severe respiratory distress syndrome , available maternal milk and delivered by cesarean section
Interventions
OTHERoral care with maternal milk
oral care with maternal milk every 3 hours
OTHERoral care with sodium bicarbonate
oral care with sodium bicarbonate every 3 hours
Sponsors
Ain Shams University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
0 Years to 3 Days
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Gestational age less than 34 weeks 2. Patients with moderate to severe respiratory distress syndrome on invasive mechanical ventilation in the 1st 3 days of life 3. Available maternal breast milk 4. Patients delivered by caesarean section
Exclusion criteria
1. Patients with no available maternal breast milk 2. Preterms who had a surgical procedure 3. Patients with inborn error of metabolism 4. Patients with major congenital anomalies 5. Patients with hypoxic ischemic enceohalopathy 6. Patients delivered by vaginal delivery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| duration of mechanical ventilation , length of hospital stay and mortality | 6 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia , late onset sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis | 6 months |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed