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Study Name 

Aim  

Recruitment  

Brain activity 

To understand how the neonatal brain matures and handles information. The brain of a baby -especially if premature - is not just a scaled down version of an adult brain, but has functions that are only present at this early stage of life. Therefore, we need to understand how the brain processes and is affected by the environment around the baby (whether in a positive or negative way). This can help us understand, for example, how neonates perceive pain or how we can better protect brain development.

Most babies over 28 weeks corrected gestational age are eligible to undergo a research brain recording, which is completely safe and painless. Sometimes we time our brain recordings to coincide with a necessary blood test. Occasionally babies require brain recordings for clinical reasons (not for research), and in those instances we may ask permission to use those clinical data for research purposes.
Response This study is a phase 1 safety trial of recombinant surfactant protein D to prevent neonatal chronic lung disease. All preterm infants born in UCH at less than 28 weeks gestation, intubated for respiratory distress and stable on the ventilator are eligible.