Status:
COMPLETED
LUNG ULTRASONOGRAPHY DECREASES RADIATION EXPOSURE
Lead Sponsor:
Hacettepe University
Conditions:
Newborn Rds
Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 2 years
Brief Summary
We aimed to decrease in the number of chest X-rays in newborns with respiratory distress, with the use of lung ultrasonography. From January 2019 to June 2020, 104 newborn infants with respiratory di...
Detailed Description
Background: Chest X-ray is commonly used as first line imaging method to diagnose the reason of respiratory distress in NICUs. Lung ultrasound is a new diagnostic tool for lung imaging, and this meth...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Term or preterm neonates with respiratory distress that started within the first 24 h after birth were included if they showed at admission signs of respiratory distress defined as: tachypnea (respiratory rate \>60 breaths/min), intercostal/subcostal retractions, grunting, or FiO2 requirement \>0.21.
Exclusion
- Patients with a diagnosis of major malformations or chromosomal abnormalities, inherited metabolic diseases, congenital muscle disease-hypotonicity, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy were not enrolled.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2019
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
104 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04722016
Start Date
January 1 2019
End Date
June 1 2020
Last Update
January 26 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Hacettepe University
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye), 06230