About this trial
A prospective non-randomized longitudinal design of 30-40 infants from initiation of oral feeding until discharge to track feeding changes as a potential indicator of surgical recovery.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Complex congenital heart disease requiring cardiac surgery during first month of life
Gestational age>=35 weeks at birth
Disqualifiers
No other major non-cardiac congenital anomalies,
No history of major neurologic insult
Not listed for a heart transplant,
Not intubated for >4 weeks post-surgery,
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Neoneur Feeding System
DeviceThe Neoneur Feeding System is placed between a nipple and a bottle, and used to measure feeding skill patterns.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
To test the validity in use of feeding parameters to measure recovery progress for infants with complex CHD
A comparison of feeding patterns (oral cavity pressure changes in suck and swallow, and respiratory patterns) and changes as an infant recovers and determination if there is a greater than 60% concordance with behavioral survey measuring recovery.
Secondary outcomes
Comparison of Neoneur Feeding system measurements seen in post surgical infants, to match clinical observation of suck, swallow, and breathing during oral feeding.
70% concordance between Neoneur Feeding Trace, and clinical observation
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