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Filter by:The goal of this interventional study is to investigate through musculoskeletal ultrasonography how the thickness and muscle trophism in infants aged 28 to 35 weeks undergoing infant massage compared with a group of infants with similar characteristics not subjected to treatment. The main questions it aims to answer are: - To assess by musculoskeletal ultrasound the impact of infant massage on muscle thickness muscle. Specifically, changes in muscle thickness and trophism of the quadriceps femoris. - Potential effects on spontaneous motility and stature-ponderal growth of infants. In addition, the discomfort and behavioral status of the infant before and after massage will be investigated infant. Patients included in the study will be randomized according to a random sequence with a 1:1 ratio into theexperimental group (GS) or the control group (GC). Patients in the GS will perform therapy with infant massage in addition to the usual rehabilitation therapies as specified by the program individual habilitative, to which patients in the control group will be subjected exclusively control. Infant massage will be performed three times a day (10 minutes per session) until they reach the 35th week of post-conceptional age (35+6) by the two departmental physical therapists (ADP and ADV). Ultrasound will be performed at the time of randomization (T0) and then 1 time per week until the 35th week by two operators (SN and VA); at the same time, the circumference of the thigh subjected to ultrasound examination. A 12Hz linear ultrasound probe will be used, applied perpendicular to the skin. The infant will be placed supine, with the thigh extended, in a neutral position; excessive compression will be avoided by applying a generous amount of gel. At the midpoint of the thigh, the thickness of the quadriceps muscle will be calculated by measuring the distance between the cortex of the femur and the most superficial muscle fascia. The average of at least 2 measurements will be then calculated. The Heckmatt scale will be used to assess the echogenicity of muscle and bone. In addition, at time T0 and at week 35 the following data will be collected: weeks gestational age, weight at birth and at the end of treatment, rectal temperature, blood gas parameters if present.
Purpose of the research: This research was planned to evaluate the effect of breast milk and dextrose application, which are pain relief methods, on the pain and comfort levels of preterm babies who will have an orogastric tube inserted in the 3rd and 4th levels of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Hypotheses: H0: The methods used during orogastric tube insertion do not affect the pain and comfort levels of preterm babies. H1: Preterm babies who are breastfed feel less pain during orogastric tube insertion. H2: Preterm babies given dextrose during orogastric tube insertion feel less pain. H3: The comfort level of preterm babies who are breastfed during orogastric tube insertion is higher. H4: The comfort level of preterm babies given dextrose during orogastric tube insertion is higher. H5: There is a difference between the pain and comfort levels of preterm patients in terms of group, time, and group-time, depending on the intervention applied.
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare late preterm newborn lung physiology when supported with different continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Which CPAP modality provides better breathing support in newborns with respiratory distress syndrome who are greater than 32 weeks gestational age? - Does the lung physiology data predict the CPAP modality that will result in a shorter CPAP treatment duration? Participants will wear a belt of electrodes on their chest (electrical impedance tomography) and have an esophageal balloon manometry measure lung physiology data for 2.5 hours while switching CPAP devices. Participants will then be randomly assigned to a CPAP device to support their breathing until they recover from respiratory distress syndrome.
Extreme prematurity is constantly increasing according to the World Health Organization. However, methods to train premature infants at risk of disability is sorely lacking. The goal of this project is to overcome this problem. In previous studies, the investigators discovered that promoting the crawling of typical newborns on a mini skateboard, the Crawliskate (a new tool that the investigators designed and patented EP2974624A1), is an excellent way to stimulate infants' motor and locomotor development. This method is a promising way to provide early interventions in infants at heightened risk for developmental delay, such as premature infants. The specific objective of this study is to determine if early training in crawling on this mini skateboard will accelerate motor (particularly locomotor) and/or neuropsychological development in very premature infants identified as high risk for developmental delay. Methodology: The investigators will study and follow two groups of very premature infants born between 24 and 26 weeks of gestational age or born between 26 and 32 with major brain lesions. These infants will be recruited before their hospital discharge at the NICU. After their discharge from the hospital, one group of infants will be trained at home by their parents under the supervision of physiotherapists to crawl on the Crawliskate every day for 2 months (Crawli group), and one group of infants will receive regular medical care (Control group). All infants will be tested for: 1)their crawling proficiency on the Crawliskate at term-equivalent age (just before training for the trained groups) and at 2 and 6 months corrected age (CA, i.e., age determined from the date on which they should have been born), 2) their motor proficiency between 2 and 12 months CA (2D and 3D recording of head control, sitting, crawling, stepping, walking) and 3) their neurodevelopmental, motor and neuropsychological development between 0 and 28 months CA: BSID III edition, ASQ-3, Amiel-Tison's Neurological Assessment, Prechtl Assessment of general movements. One more ASQ-3 questionnaire will be provided at five years. Expected results: The first research hypothesis is that premature infants trained daily to crawl (for two months after discharge from the NICU) will acquire proficient crawling patterns and develop earlier and more effective motor and neuropsychological development than premature infants who receive no training.
Use of caffeine citrate in late-preterm infants with respiratory distress is questionable. Oliphant and colleagues found in a recently published study that caffeine therapy use in late-preterm infants at a loading dose of 20 and 40 mg/kg and maintenance dose of 10 and 20 mg/kg/day reduces the incidence of intermittent hypoxia events by 61 and 67% respectively. The investigators hypothesized that caffeine will improve respiratory drive, prevent apnea, shorten the hospital stay and improve arousal state in late preterm infants. The investigators aim to study the effect of caffeine citrate on late preterm babies as regard duration of respiratory support, duration of hospital stay, respiratory morbidity, incidence and frequency of apnea.
Prematurity is an important risk factor for delayed neuropsychomotor development. The main objective of this study is to analyze the impact of different intervention models on the neuropsychomotor development of premature babies based on the ICF biopsychosocial model.
This trial analyzes the effect of an olfactory stimulation with vanilla or strawberry aroma compared to placebo on desaturations and bradycardia in preterm infants with apnea of prematurity. Infants on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) support will be included and the aroma will be applied to the inner surface of the CPAP mask using designated scent pens. The trial uses a cross-over design. Infants are randomised to begin the study with either aroma or placebo which will be applied into the breathing mask every 3 to 4 hours during 12 hours for each of the two intervention periods. Identically looking pens with either aroma or placebo are used and patients, parents, medical staff and the study team are blinded to this allocation. Infants are monitored with an oximetry sensor to measure peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) and pulse rate.
The aims of this project are: 1. To explore, using the ECAB, if and in which measure the attentional abilities of young preterm children are different from term peers, whom reference data are already published27. 2. To correlate the ECAB results with the "Conner's Teacher, Rating Scale- Revised e Conner's Parent Rating Scale", one of the available diagnostic interview that helps to identify signs of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in young children, at the age of 6 years and over. 3. To study individual trajectories of attention pattern and development during age.
Investigators hypothesize that premature newborns with poor cardiopulmonary performance have higher morbidities and poorer physical and cognitive developmental outcomes. Investigators further hypothesize that audible sounds combined with novel inaudible vibrations above and below human perception interpreted with transparent and auditable AI algorithms can detect and identify early gas and fluid movement anomalies not uncovered by conventional tools in an non-invasive, easy, fast, and low cost examination.
Our bodies are home to millions and millions of microbes (bacteria, fungi and viruses), that live in harmony with us without producing any negative (disease producing) effects. Research is beginning to show that these microbes interact with us to help with our immune system, digestive tract and brain development among many other effects. This community of microbes, known collectively as our microbiome, may commence colonisation while we are developing in the womb and becomes quickly established after we are born. Much remains unknown about how preterm birth affects the development of our microbiome. The goal of this longitudinal observational study is to gather more information of how and from where we get those first few microbes, the pattern in which our microbiome develops, and how intensive care for a preterm baby affects this. The main questions it aims to answer are: - How is the gut microbiome of a very premature infant affected by clinical management practices (e.g. antibiotics, probiotics, feeding) and how does it progress subsequently. - How do probiotics colonise the preterm gut, and how do they persist once supplementation is discontinued. Samples will be collected from mothers and their infants during the NICU admission including: - A rectal swab - Meconium and stool - Urine - Blood - Expressed breastmilk - Maternal stool - Maternal oral swab - Maternal vaginal or skin swab (depending on mode of delivery) Samples will be analysed using next generation sequencing techniques to, for example, evaluate microbial composition of the samples or determine functional microbiome-host interactions.