Projekte und Kooperationen

Auswahl laufende Projekte  /  Selection of Current Research Projects

Klinische Forschung / Clinical Research

• Does erythropoietin improve outcome in very preterm infants?  www.eporepair.ch
• Executive function in preterm born children: an integrative approach from genetics to brain function
• Mortality and morbidity of very preterm and very low birth weight infants
• National asphyxia and cooling register for infants with perinatal encephalopathy
• NEuroSIS (FP7 EU) The Neonatal European Study of Inhaled Steroids is a randomized placebo-controlled international multicentre clinical trial  www.neurosis-study.eu
• Post-mortem cross-sectional imaging with guided biopsy; a comparative study with conventional autopsy in neonates, infants and children
• Quality indicators in Swiss level III neonatology clinics
• Serial EEG and quantitative brain magnetic resonance imaging in preterm infants: Relationship to neurodevelopmental outcome
• Validation of the Bernese pain scale for neonates with consideration for contextual factors
• ALBINO, Effect of ALlopurinol in addition to hypothermia for hypoxic-ischemic Brain Injury on Neurocognitive Outcome, please see  ALBINO homepage and  EU - webpage, in German an information flyer for parents and an interview about the study
• ROPROP,  Propranolol for preemptive treatment of threshold retinopathy of prematurity  please see...

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