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Brain Volumes of Very Low Birth Weight Infants Measured by Cranial Ultrasonography

NCT02848755 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 341

Last updated 2018-06-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Neonatal cranial ultrasound (US) remains the method of choice to detect brain injury in high risk preterm infants on neonatal intensive care units (NICU). It is a non-invasive, inexpensive bedside tool and examinations can be repeated as often as necessary without major disturbance of vulnerable infants. The anterior and posterior fontanelles from excellent acoustic windows to examine the deep midline and periventricular regions of the brain.Some data demonstrated that cerebral palsy can be accurately predicted with US. However, cranial US is not very suitable for investigating cortical regions or structures in the posterior fossa. There is limited data for very preterm infants.The investigators aimed to measure ventricular index, cranial height, biparietal diameter and calculate brain volume in a huge number of infants.

Conditions

  • Infant, Premature

Interventions

DEVICE

Cranial ultrasonography

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Netherlands: Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Research and Education Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fuat Emre Canpolat · Zekai Tahir Burak Hospital NICU

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
40 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-01
Primary Completion
2018-05-09
Completion
2018-06-09

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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