Adrenaline Injections to Children Born at Elective CS

NCT00322660 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 270

Last updated 2007-06-28

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Summary

Children born after elective C-section have a greater risk of respiratory problems and hypoglycemia - most likely due to a lower concentration of stress hormones compared to children born vaginally. Hypothesis: can we eliminate or reduce the risk of respiratory distress and hypoglycaemia by administrating adrenaline to the newborn.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Adrenaline

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hvidovre University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lene A Olsen, M.D. · Hvidovre University Hospital, Copenhagen, Kettegaards allé 30, 2650 Hvidovre, DK

  • Pernille Pedersen · Hvidovre University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Max Age
1 Day
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-06-30
Completion
2007-06-30

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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