TY - JOUR T1 - Randomised study of heart rate measurement in preterm newborns with ECG plus pulse oximetry versus oximetry alone JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - 438 LP - 441 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320892 VL - 106 IS - 4 AU - Madeleine C Murphy AU - Allan Jenkinson AU - John Coveney AU - Lisa K McCarthy AU - Colm Patrick Finbarr O Donnell Y1 - 2021/07/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/106/4/438.abstract N2 - Aim To determine whether the IntelliVue monitor (ECG plus Masimo pulse oximeter (PO)) displays heart rate (HR) at birth more quickly than Nellcor PO (PO alone) among infants of 29–35 weeks’ gestational age.Methods Unmasked parallel group randomised (1:1) study.Results We planned to enrol 100 infants; however, the study was terminated due to the COVID-19 pandemic when 39 infants had been enrolled (17 randomised to IntelliVue, 22 to Nellcor). We found no differences between the groups in the time to first HR display (median (IQR) IntelliVue ECG 49 (33, 71) vs Nellcor 47 (37, 86) s, p>0.999), in the proportion who had a face mask applied for breathing support, or in the time at which it was applied. Infants monitored with IntelliVue were handled more frequently and for longer.Conclusion IntelliVue ECG did not display HR more quickly than Nellcor PO in preterm infants. We found no differences in the rate of or time to intervention between groups. Our study was terminated early so these findings should be interpreted with caution.Trial registration number ISRCTN16473881 Data are available on reasonable request. All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as supplementary information. ER -