Status:
COMPLETED
Intermittent Auscultation Using Handheld Doppler: a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Perinatal Outcomes in Uganda
Lead Sponsor:
The Hospital for Sick Children
Conditions:
Stillbirth
Neonatal Death
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
A novel handheld Doppler has been developed which is rugged and is powered only by a hand crank. This study aims to test the use of this Doppler versus the Pinard horn to monitor the fetal heart rate ...
Detailed Description
1. Objectives: 1. To evaluate the intervention of a wind-up, handheld Doppler fetal heart rate monitor (Doppler) and to identify implementation challenges; 2. To identify process issues and the...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All mothers presenting to the labour wards in labour with a singleton pregnancy above 37 completed weeks of gestation, and cephalic presentation
- All mothers admitted to the labour ward for monitoring of active phase of labour with a live intrauterine fetus
Exclusion
- Mothers admitted to the labour wards with a pregnancy gestation age below 37 weeks
- Mothers admitted with a diagnosis of intra uterine fetal death
- Mothers presenting in second stage of labour
- Mothers with a high risk pregnancy eg pre eclampsia, ante partum hemorrhage
- Mothers being admitted for an elective caesarean section
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
1987 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02273037
Start Date
January 1 2012
End Date
December 1 2013
Last Update
August 23 2018
Active Locations (2)
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1
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8
2
Nsambya Hospital
Kampala, Uganda