Computer-generated versus nurse-determined strategy for incubator humidity and time to regain birthweight
Onno K Helder1, Paul G H Mulder, Johannes B van Goudoever
1Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. o.helder@erasmusmc.nl
Objective:
To compare effects on premature infants' weight gain of a computer-generated and a nurse-determined incubator humidity strategy. An optimal humidity protocol is thought to reduce time to regain birthweight.
Design:
Prospective randomized controlled design.
Setting:
Level IIIC neonatal intensive care unit in the Netherlands.
Participants:
Infants of 24 to 30 weeks gestational age with a birthweight less than 1,500 g.
Intervention:
Two incubator humidity strategies were studied: computer-generated and nurse-determined humidity.
Main Outcome Measure:
Time needed to regain birthweight.
Results:
One hundred thirty six infants were enrolled: 65 were exposed to the computer-generated strategy and 71 to the nurse-determined strategy. Demographic characteristics were well balanced between groups, with birthweight 981 +/- 245 versus 991 +/- 213 g, mean gestational age 27.7 +/- 1.7 versus 27.7 +/- 1.6 weeks. Main outcome did not significantly differ between strategies: survival analysis showed an equal number of days needed to regain birthweight (median 9 days, with 95% CIs 8-10 and 7-11 for infants exposed to the computer-generated and nurse-determined humidity strategy, respectively).
Conclusion:
Computer-generated strategy does not reduce the time needed to regain birthweight.
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