The PEACE Project
Post-Extubation Assessment of Clinical Stability in Extremely Preterm Infants (PEACE)
Multimodal monitoring for better patient outcome.
Multimodal monitoring for better patient outcome.
Multimodal monitoring for better patient outcome.
Very small babies weighing less than 1000 grams often experience serious cardiorespiratory events. Such events can lead to serious clinical instability, and are known to increase costs, prolong NICU hospitalization, and increase long-term risks of respiratory and neurodevelopmental impairment. Monitoring these events accurately in hospitals is challenging. To this end, the NICUs at the Montreal Children’s Hospital and Sainte-Justine Hospital have developed the infrastructure for storing and analyzing detailed data from bedside monitors and using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to monitor oxygen levels in vital organs during cardiorespiratory events.
Our study is to be conducted on very small babies in the critical first week after they no longer need a machine to help them breathe (the post-extubation period). We will test our new approach and its potential to give doctors a clearer picture of the impact of these cardiorespiratory events on the baby's overall health.
Very small babies weighing less than 1000 grams often experience serious cardiorespiratory events. Such events can lead to serious clinical instability, and are known to increase costs, prolong NICU hospitalization, and increase long-term risks of respiratory and neurodevelopmental impairment. Monitoring these events accurately in hospitals is challenging. To this end, the NICUs at the Montreal Children’s Hospital and Sainte-Justine Hospital have developed the infrastructure for storing and analyzing detailed data from bedside monitors and using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to monitor oxygen levels in vital organs during cardiorespiratory events.
Our study is to be conducted on very small babies in the critical first week after they no longer need a machine to help them breathe (the post-extubation period). We will test our new approach and its potential to give doctors a clearer picture of the impact of these cardiorespiratory events on the baby's overall health.
Very small babies weighing less than 1000 grams often experience serious cardiorespiratory events. Such events can lead to serious clinical instability, and are known to increase costs, prolong NICU hospitalization, and increase long-term risks of respiratory and neurodevelopmental impairment. Monitoring these events accurately in hospitals is challenging. To this end, the NICUs at the Montreal Children’s Hospital and Sainte-Justine Hospital have developed the infrastructure for storing and analyzing detailed data from bedside monitors and using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to monitor oxygen levels in vital organs during cardiorespiratory events.
Our study is to be conducted on very small babies in the critical first week after they no longer need a machine to help them breathe (the post-extubation period). We will test our new approach and its potential to give doctors a clearer picture of the impact of these cardiorespiratory events on the baby's overall health.
