Peripheral Fractional Tissue Oxygen Extraction and Infection in Term and Preterm Neonates

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Conditions studied: Neonatal Infection, Preterm Birth

In brief

This is a prospective observational pilot study investigating if peripheral fractional tissue oxygen extraction (pFTOE) measured by five short near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) (re-)applications within the first 6 hours after birth in neonates with respiratory distress differs in neonates with early onset infection and neonate without infection

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04818762

Run by

Medical University of Graz

People needed

80

Starts

2021-02-26

Expected to finish

2026-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-03-13

Who can join

Age: any, up to 0. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Signs of respiratory distress at time-point of inclusion (tachypnoea >60/minutes, grunting, intercostal/subcostal/jugular retractions, nasal flaring, supplemental oxygen or respiratory upport)
• Decision to conduct full life support
• Written informed consent
• Age < 6 hours

You may not qualify if…

• No decision to conduct full life support
• no written informed consent
• gestational age <30+0 weeks of gestation
• age > 6 hours
• severe congenital malformations, severe asphyxia (umbilical cord artery pH <7.00)

Where it is running

• Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Medical University of Graz — Graz, Styria, Austria (enrolling)

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