Wounds and injuries
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Newborns hospitalized in neonatal intensive or intermediary care units of the institutions chosen as place of this study; independent of city or institution of birth, which requiring positive pressure ventilatory support associated with the continuous positive airway pressure with nasal prongs interface; on admission or after initial invasive mechanical ventilation
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Newborn with pre-existing nasal deformities detected during physical examination; newborn with congenital malformations of upper respiratory tract; newborn with large congenital or macrosomia anomalies; newborn with persistent physiological instability; newborn with coagulation disorder, or shock; newborn that terminates the use of positive pressure ventilatory support with continuous positive airway pressure with nasal prong before the period established for process monitoring
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Development of nasal lesion, evaluated from the daily visual inspection and systematic instrument associated with the photograph of the region of the nose during seven days of accompaniment | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Classification of nasal lesion, from instruments the international of the National pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) and European pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) in three distinct stages: I-hyperemia, II-ulcer, III-necrosis | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Universidade Federal de Alagoas ;Universidade Federal de Alagoas