TO PREVENT ANAEMIA IN INFANCY BY CARRYING OUT SIMPLE PROCEDURE JUST AFTER BIRTH
Phase 3
Recruiting
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2013/01/003323
- Lead Sponsor
- I
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
>36WKS OF GESTATIO
Exclusion Criteria
Babies with any of the following will be excluded:
- Length of umbilical cord < 25 cm
- Meconium stained liquor with non vigorous babies
- Multiple births (twins, triplets)
- Babies of Rh negative mothers
- Major congenital anomalies
- Cord prolapse
- Hydrops fetalis
- Cord anomalies like true knots
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the effect of umbilical cord milking with delayed cord clamping on hematological parameters - Hb and serum ferritin at 1½ months of age in term neonates. Timepoint: HB AT 6 MONTH OF AGE
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hemodynamic parameters: Heart rate, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure, Temperature in 1st 48 hours (30 mins, 24 hrs, 48 hrs). <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Clinical status: Respiratory distress, jaundice requiring phototherapy, jitteriness in initial 48 hours (30 mins, 24 hrs, 48 hrs). <br/ ><br>Timepoint: NONE