Projekte und Kooperationen

Auswahl laufende Projekte / Selection of Current Research Projects

Klinische Forschung / Clinical Research Newborn Research Zurich (NRZ)

TREOCAPA - Prophylactic treatment of the ductus arteriosus in preterm infants by acetaminophen
OSCIFLOW - Effect of High Frequency Oscillatory High Flow Nasal Cannula on Desaturations and Bradycardia in Preterm Infants
ROPROP - Oral Propranolol for prevention of threshold retinopathy of prematurity. ROPROP homepage
The ALBINO Parent Study: Parental Satisfaction, Needs and Preferences for Consent Procedure in Emergency Clinical Trials for Critically Ill Newborns
WIGGLE - The Effect of Noninvasive High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation on Regional Patterns of Tidal Ventilation and Lung Volumes in Preterm Infants
General Movements Assessments from birth to 3 months and neurodevelopmental outcome up to the age of 2 years in infants < 30 weeks of gestation
PLASM - Placental surveillance of the fetal metabolism
SUNSET - Surfactant nebulization for the early aeration of the preterm lung: A single blinded, parallel, randomized controlled trial
Perinatal Palliative Care Services and Needs of Health Care Professionals Working in Swiss Perinatal Centres - A Nationwide Survey
SafeBoosC - Safeguarding the brain of our smallest children
NIPA - The impact of neonatal health and prematurity on their parents' health
Longitudinal, process, and outcome analyses of the Swiss Asphyxia and Cooling Register (2011-2018) - a national quality improvement project
BrainDNIU, Impact of intrauterine growth restriction brain development and consequences for later neurodevelopmental outcome: a prospective cohort study.
ALBINO - Effect of ALlopurinol in addition to hypothermia for hypoxic ischemic Brain Injury on Neurocognitive Outcome. ALBINO Home, Information flyer for parents, Interview about the study
Creative Music Therapy to promote brain structure, function, and neurobehavioral outcomes in preterm infants: a randmized controlled pilot trial
EpoRepair - Erythropoietin for the repair of cerebral injury in very preterm infants. www.eporepair.ch
NEuroSIS (FP7 EU) The Neonatal European Study of Inhaled Steroids is a randomized placebo-controlled international multicentre clinical trial. www.neurosis-study.eu
SwissNeoNet - Swiss National Registry of High-risk Newborns to Perform Research, Neurodevelopmental Monitoring and Quality Improvement. SwissNeoNet homepage: www.neonet.ch/swissneonet/aims-and-description

Forschungslaboratorium für Biomedizinische Optik / Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory (BORL)

Beyond individual brain activity: Assessing inter-personal brain coupling using functional near-infrared imaging (fNIRI) hyperscanning (Swiss National Science Foundation)
Non-invasive high resolution near-infrared imaging of the neonatal brain based on time-resolved single photon detector arrays (NCCBI)
Tumour oxygenation measured quantitatively and non-invasively by near-infrared optical tomography (cancer research)
A new instrument to accurately measure the oxygenation of the gut to prevent shock in critically ill preterm patients. (Innovation Promotion Agency (KTI/CTI)
OxyPrem, Translating a novel oximeter to clinical use www.oxyprem.com
Non-invasive glucose measurement in preterms