Comparison Between Preterm Infants Who Are Placed on Their Back or Stomach in the Immediate Postextubation Period

Uniao Metropolitana de Educacao e Cultura94 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether patient positioning (prone and supine positioning) contributes to the success of extubation in the immediate postextubation period of preterm infants.

This study is double-blinded randomized controlled trial, whose aim is to compare the proportion of successful extubation of preterm infants immediately after the extubation. Methods: Participants will be recruited from neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and they will be divided into two groups (supine and prone) and positioned in their respective groups after extubation. A clinical evaluation form and a parameters collection form (respiratory rate, heart rate, saturation of peripheral oxygen, fraction of inspired oxygen and temperature) will be used and filled before extubation and 48 hours after by the professional staff of the NICU. It will be considered a successful extubation all participants who staying extubated for 48 hours after extubation.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Pregnancy Preterm

Interventions

Prone positionOTHER

Participants of intervention group will be placed in prone position immediately after extubation and positioned over a roll to raise the chest and facilitate diaphragmatic dynamic, with lateralized head and aligned with the trunk, upper and lower limbs flexed and hands near the face, facilitating hand-mouth access.

Supine positionOTHER

Participants of control group remain in supine position after extubation and positioned with the head in the midline, with the upper side of the thorax and brought forward and rolls down the legs to promote slight flexion (30-40º) in the hips and knees.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMax age: 36 Weeks

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Inclusion Criteria: * Newborns less than 37 weeks of gestation age (calculated by doctor using the method of Capurro/Ballard) * Newborns undergone to invasive mechanical ventilation in the first week of life, for more than 48 hours Exclusion Criteria: * Newborns who present malformations and clinical or surgical conditions that preclude the positioning in prone or supine after extubation

Locations (1)

Manoel Novaes Hospital

Itabuna, Estado de Bahia, Brazil

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Successful extubation

Time frame: 48 hours after extubation

Secondary Outcomes

Improvement of parameters

Improvement of parameters (respiratory rate, heart rate, saturation of peripheral oxygen, fraction of inspired oxygen and temperature)

Time frame: 48 hours after extubation

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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