Neonatal Surgery Intensive Care Unit: Hacettepe Experience (NSICUHE)

Background: Surgical treatment in the neonatal period mostly consists of congenital anomalies. Due to the different characteristics of newborns, the practice of monitoring this group of patients by neonatal specialists in neonatal intensive care units is increasingly common in the world and in our country. In our hospital, neonatal surgery intensive care unit model has been applied for about six years.

Objectives: This study was aimed at examining the data gathered from the neonatal surgery intensive care unit we created at Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital and the contribution of this model toward improving the health of newborns with surgical problems.

Methods: The file records of newborns admitted to the neonatal and neonatal surgery intensive care units which operate on two separate floors at Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital were retrospectively analyzed for the period January 2014 to December 2019. The information of the patients was recorded retrospectively for the study period with the information obtained from the hospital database.

The investigators believe that the neonatal surgery intensive care unit model should become widespread in Turkey. As there is a paucity of information concerning this subject in the literature worldwide and in our country, through this study the investigators wanted to draw attention to the subject by sharing our own experience working at İhsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Surgery--Complications; Newborn Morbidity; Neonatal Surgery

Detailed Description

Background: Surgical treatment in the neonatal period mostly consists of congenital anomalies. Due to the different characteristics of newborns, the practice of monitoring this group of patients by neonatal specialists in neonatal intensive care units is increasingly common in the world and in our country. In our hospital, neonatal surgery intensive care unit model has been applied for about six years.

Objectives: This study was aimed at examining the data gathered from the neonatal surgery intensive care unit we created at Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital and the contribution of this model toward improving the health of newborns with surgical problems.

Methods: In this study, the file records of newborns admitted to the neonatal and neonatal surgery intensive care units which operate on two separate floors at Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital were retrospectively analyzed for the period January 2014 to December 2019. The demographic, neonatal, and clinical information of the patients-including medical and surgical diseases and mortality rates-was recorded retrospectively for the study period with the information obtained from the hospital database. In addition, the gestational week, birth weight, gender, and length of hospital stay of the patients who were operated on in our unit in the last 2 years were examined.

The data obtained from the hospital database were recorded in Microsoft Excel and SPSS 22.0 Base, and statistical analysis was performed.

Aİm: This study was aimed at examining the data gathered from the neonatal surgery intensive care unit we created at Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital and the contribution of this model toward improving the health of newborns with surgical problems.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 5442

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Ankara, Turkey
    • Hacettepe University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: No older than 4 weeks (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Newborns hospitalized in the Hacettepe University neonatal intensive care unit. The file records of newborns admitted to the neonatal and neonatal surgery intensive care units which operate on two separate floors at Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital were retrospectively analyzed for the period January 2014 to December 2019. The information of the patients was recorded retrospectively for the study period with the information obtained from the hospital database.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Newborns hospitalized in the Hacettepe University neonatal intensive care unit.
• All newborns who had surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Babies older than 28 days.
• babies not recorded in the hospital database.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Neonatal Surgery Intensive Care Unit working principle	This study was aimed at examining the data gathered from the neonatal surgery intensive care unit the investigators created at Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital and the contribution of this model toward improving the health of newborns with surgical problems.	five years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hacettepe University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Siddharth V, Gupta SK, Agarwala S, Satpathy S, Goel P. Outcome of Care Provided in Neonatal Surgery Intensive Care Unit of a Public Sector Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of India. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. 2019 Oct-Dec;24(4):257-263. doi: 10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_177_18.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 30, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): November 30, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 20, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 27, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): February 2, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 2, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 27, 2021
• Last Verified: January 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: GO-SURGERY

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No