Infant Pulse Oximetry in Pakistan Study

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

3149 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-01-31

Study Completion Date

2013-06-30

Brief Summary

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Hypoxemia is an abnormally low concentration of oxygen in the blood, and is an important sign of cardio-respiratory compromise in acutely ill patients. Pulse oximetry (PO) is a rapid, portable, non-invasive and accurate method of measuring arterial hemoglobin oxygenation (Sp02), and can therefore be readily implemented to detect hypoxemia in the clinical setting. In this research study, we propose to test the hypothesis that the use of pulse oximetry to detect hypoxemia by first-level health workers' in Karachi, Pakistan is useful and feasible for the identification of the infants most urgently in need of medical care. We will enroll 1,400 infants 0-59 days of age who present to one of two primary health centers in Karachi. Infants will undergo brief clinical assessment by a community health worker (CHW) based on the WHO/UNICEF Integrated Management of Neonatal and Child Illness (IMNCI) algorithm, assessment by two pulse oximetry devices, and examination by a physician. The primary outcomes include prevalence of hypoxemia, feasibility of PO (e.g., time to obtain measurement, number of infants for who repeat measurements are required), and concordance between paired measurements on separate devices.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Hypoxemia Neonatal Sepsis Pneumonia

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Infants presenting to the Clinic

Infants presenting to the Bilal and Bhains Colony Health Center. Devices used to measure Pulse Oximetry (PO) include Rad-5v by Masimo, TuffSat by GE, N-65 by Nellcor, PRO2 by Conmed, and Lifebox by Acare.

No interventions assigned to this group