Active clinical trials for "Birth Weight"

Babies who require intensive care need to have their heart rate, oxygen levels and temperature measured continuously using specially designed monitors. These monitors allow the clinical team to constantly assess the baby and see if they are becoming unwell. However, these monitors each have separate wires to connect them to the baby. Another important part of care in these babies is being able to allow parents to hold their babies, getting them out of their incubators to be cuddled. This is called Kangaroo care and has been shown to impact on long term health for both babies and parents. We have designed a system to free babies of the wires that tether them to the monitors. This system has been tested in adults and we now want to test them on the babies. There are two study parts with two different questions: How good is the data? This will compare the new wireless system with the existing system. Babies will have both standard wired monitors and the new wireless monitor on at the same time so we can compare the data to see how good is the quality of the data collected on the new system. What do parents and staff think about the wireless system during Kangaroo care? Babies who no longer need monitoring (but who previously had been monitored with the wired system), will have the wireless system attached and the parent will take their baby from the cot for Kangaroo Care. After the baby has been placed back in the cot, we will conduct interviews with the parent and the nurse to find out what they thought of the new system. We hope this will help the investigators to understand about how good the data is we collect and how we might be able to improve the system.

In the literature, it is emphasized that oral colostrum administration in very low birth weight infants supported the immune development of the premature newborn, contributed to the development of oral microbiota and reduced the length of hospital stay (Manzoni 2011; Pammi 2011; Zhang 2017; Moreno-Fernandez 2018; Rodriguez 2009). However, there was no source answering the question of how both the mother and the infant are affected by oral colostrum administration in very low birth weight infants. Based on the studies indicating that premature infants distinguished their mother's milk smell and taste (Lecanuet and Schoal, 1996; Aoyama et al. 2010), it was aimed to find answers to the questions of whether this administration in infants without oral intake had positive effect on the success of breastfeeding. Research Hypotheses: H0: Oral colostrum administration in very low birth weight premature infants who cannot be fed orally has no effect on breastfeeding. H1: Oral colostrum administration in very low birth weight premature infants who cannot be fed orally affects the success of breastfeeding

To determine the relationship between periodontal disease and upper genital tract inflammation in pregnancy. To determine whether certain fluid levels in the oral cavity and the vagina are associated with preterm birth or low-birth weight.

The primary objective is to test the hypothesis that there is an association between the hemodynamic status and the serum levels of NT-proBNP and cTnT in prematurely born infants. We would also evaluate the hypothesis that there is an association between the level of these proteins in the serum and the short and long term morbidity.

to estimate incidences of major complications, such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia, death, and delivery room resuscitation among extremely preterm and extremely low birth weight infants in Northern China

To determine the value of principal component analysis in the combined method of three-dimensional ultrasonography assessing fetal limb volume and circumference and conventional two-dimensional ultrasonography for prediction of birth weight in southern Chinese population.

This prospective cohort study focuses on the relationship between maternal environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) and maternal aflatoxin B1 exposure and birth outcomes, particularly infant anthropometry and gestational age, in Mukono, Uganda.

A single-center retrospective observational study comparing two cohorts of very low birth weight (VLBW, birth weight < 1500 grams) infants who received parenteral nutrition (PN) either before or after a concentrated PN regime was implemented into clinical use. Primary outcome is weight SDS at 28 days.

This study aimed to examine the relation between trunk control and gross motor performance in LBW and NBW infants.

The Randomized Control Trail included 4,172 low-birth weight children between February 2008 and September 2013 in Bissau. The children who were included in the RCT and who are living in the Bandim Health Project study area will be visited. The study assistants will ask about the health of the child and of both parents. Furthermore, Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) scar status of both child and parents will be checked.