Congenital Heart Defects and NIRS

Petja Fister, MD, PhD65 enrolled

Overview

Brain, kidney and intestinal tissue oxygenation in newborns with congenital heart defects assessed by near-infrared spectroscopy.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Heart Defects, Congenital

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 1 DayMax age: 4 WeeksHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: Investigators included term newborns with critical structural CHD (of different types) who required surgical or transcatheter procedure in the first year of life. CHD were diagnosed by pediatric cardiologist by clinical examination and echocardiography. Exclusion Criteria: The exclusion criteria were pulmonary or neurological disease, perinatal asphyxia, acute illness, prematurity and congenital abnormality other than CHD.

Locations (1)

University Medical Centre Ljubljana

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

rSO2

regional tissue oxygenation assessed by NIRS

Time frame: RSO2 values were obtained after 30 minute calm down period to enable stable recordings on each channel by averaging five minutes recorded values.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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