Effect of timing of cord clamping on postnatal packed red blood cells value and clinical outcome in term newborns: a randomised controlled trial
Completed
- Conditions
- Pregnancy and ChildbirthTiming of cord clamping on newborns at termTiming of cord clamping
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN97552320
- Lead Sponsor
- nited Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Argentina)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 276
Inclusion Criteria
Women were eligible if they had uneventful cephalic vaginal or cesarean section delivery with the following characteristics:
1. Singleton pregnancy at term
2. No evidence of clinical disease (diabetes, preeclampsia, hypertension) or any other complications
3. No evidence of congenital malformations or intrauterine growth restriction (estimated foetal weight less than 10th percentile)
Exclusion Criteria
Does not comply with above inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Venous haematocrit six hours after birth.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Neonatal haematocrit at 24 - 48 hours of age<br>2. Plasma bilirubin level at 24 - 48 hours of age<br>3. Early neonatal morbidity (tachypnea, respiratory grunting, respiratory distress, jaundice, seizures, sepsis, necrotising enterocolitis, neonatal death)<br>4. Admission to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit<br>5. Length of newborn hospital stay<br>6. Any neonatal disease that occurs between birth and one month of age<br>7. Weight and type of feeding at one month of age<br>8. Postpartum maternal blood loss volume <br>9. Maternal haematocrit level at 24 hours postpartum