Clinical Trial: Use of Heliox in the Management of Neonates With Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Use of Heliox in the Management of Neonates With Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
Brief Summary: The aim of the study: to assess the effect of short-term mechanical ventilation with heliox in newborns with meconium aspiration syndrome on vital signs, oxygenation, acid-base balance and respiratory function parameters.
Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Current Primary Outcome: Changes in acid-base balance and oxygenation [ Time Frame: Parameters recorded first at the baseline during ventilation with air-oxygen gas mixture, then after 15 and 60 minutes of the heliox ventilation and finally 15 and 60 minutes after switching back to air-oxygen ventilation. ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome: Changes in respiratory parameters [ Time Frame: Parameters recorded first at baseline during ventilation with air-oxygen gas mixture, then after 15 and 60 minutes of the heliox ventilation and finally 15 and 60 minutes after switching back to air-oxygen ventilation. ]
Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current
Information By: Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Dates:
Date Received: January 10, 2011
Date Started: December 2006
Date Completion:
Last Updated: January 11, 2011
Last Verified: January 2011