The Impact of Umbilical Cord Clamping Time on the Infant Anemia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anemia during infancy causes irreversible physical, cognitive, motor, and behavioral development disorders. This study aimed to determine the effect of delaying umbilical cord clamping time on certain parameters regarding anemia during the infancy.

Methods

This randomized controlled trial was conducted at a university hospital in west of Turkey (Dec 2017-Dec 2018). Overall, 110 participants were evaluated for the research, 65 participants were randomized after excluding those who did not meet the inclusion criteria (intervention=32, control=33). Randomly assigned to delayed clamping (1 min after delivery) or early clamping (in 15 sec after delivery), and followed up until 4 months postpartum. 48^th-hour hematocrit, bilirubin values, need for phototherapy

SUBMITTER: Guner S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8223556 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature