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Comparison Between Preterm Infants Who Are Placed on Their Back or Stomach in the Immediate Postextubation Period

NCT02166645 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 94

Last updated 2014-06-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether patient positioning (prone and supine positioning) contributes to the success of extubation in the immediate postextubation period of preterm infants.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy Preterm

Interventions

OTHER

Prone position

Participants of intervention group will be placed in prone position immediately after extubation and positioned over a roll to raise the chest and facilitate diaphragmatic dynamic, with lateralized head and aligned with the trunk, upper and lower limbs flexed and hands near the face, facilitating hand-mouth access.

OTHER

Supine position

Participants of control group remain in supine position after extubation and positioned with the head in the midline, with the upper side of the thorax and brought forward and rolls down the legs to promote slight flexion (30-40º) in the hips and knees.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Uniao Metropolitana de Educacao e Cultura

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maria Luiza Caíres Comper, Master · Uniao Metropolitana de Educacao e Cultura

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
36 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-02-28
Completion
2015-02-28

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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