Adrenaline Injections to Children Born at Elective CS

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Children born after elective C-section have a greater risk of respiratory problems and hypoglycemia - most likely due to a lower concentration of stress hormones compared to children born vaginally. Hypothesis: can we eliminate or reduce the risk of respiratory distress and hypoglycaemia by administrating adrenaline to the newborn.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hvidovre University Hospital
• Treatments: Epinephrine; Epinephryl borate; Racepinephrine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All children born at elective section with gestational age more than 37 + 0

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children in whom a serious malformation was found during pregnancy assuming this malformation will lead to very early death or respiratory problems.

• Serious malformations (ex.anencephalia) will be excluded at birth

• Other malformations will be estimated by investigator whether it will lead to exclusion.