Oral Care With Maternal Milk in Mechanically Ventilated Preterm Infants

N/ACompletedNCT07451964

Ain Shams University70 enrolled

Overview

70 Neonates in neonatal intensive care unit , ain shams university , children hospital

preterms less than 34 weeks gestational age , with moderate to severe respiratory distress syndrome , available maternal milk and delivered by cesarean section

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Role of Oral Care in Mechanically Ventilated Preterm Infants

Interventions

oral care with maternal milkOTHER

oral care with maternal milk every 3 hours

oral care with sodium bicarbonateOTHER

oral care with sodium bicarbonate every 3 hours

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 0 HoursMax age: 3 Days

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Gestational age less than 34 weeks 2. Patients with moderate to severe respiratory distress syndrome on invasive mechanical ventilation in the 1st 3 days of life 3. Available maternal breast milk 4. Patients delivered by caesarean section Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with no available maternal breast milk 2. Preterms who had a surgical procedure 3. Patients with inborn error of metabolism 4. Patients with major congenital anomalies 5. Patients with hypoxic ischemic enceohalopathy 6. Patients delivered by vaginal delivery

Locations (1)

Faculty of medicine Ain shams university

Cairo, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

duration of mechanical ventilation , length of hospital stay and mortality

Time frame: 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia , late onset sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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