A study to compare benefit of umbilical cord miliking versus traditional practice of immediate umbilical cord clamping without milking after birth in premature neonates
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: P039- Newborn affected by complication of labor and delivery, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/12/038606
- Lead Sponsor
- SSKM IPGMER hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Inborn neonates 30 0/7 to 34 6/7 wks of gestation requiring resuscitation at birth
2. Informed parental consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Neonates born at gestation less than 30 wks or more than or equal to 35 weeks
2. Babies not requiring resuscitation at birth
3. Outborn babies
4.Major lethal congenital anomalies or known/suspected chromosomal anomalies
5.Fetal hydrops
6.Rh isoimmunization
7.Multiple gestation
8.Cord prolapse, cord abnormalities such as true knots
9.Short umbilical cord length
10.No parental consent
11. Those whose residence does not lie within 20 kms radius from our unit
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method venous hematocrit at 48 (±4) hours of postnatal ageTimepoint: venous hematocrit at 48 (±4) hours of postnatal age
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Death upto 6 wks of ageTimepoint: 6 wks of postnatal age;Hct and serum ferritin at 6 weeks of postnatal ageTimepoint: 6 wks of postnatal age;Total number of RBC transfusions within 21 days after birthTimepoint: 21 days of postnatal age