Delayed versus early umbilical cord clamping for near-term infants born to preeclamptic mothers; a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to assess delayed versus early umbilical cord clamping in preeclamptic mothers undergoing scheduled caesarean delivery regarding the maternal intra-operative blood loss and neonatal outcomes.

Methods

A clinical trial was conducted on 62 near-term preeclamptic mothers (36-38⁺⁶ weeks) who were planned for caesarean delivery. They were randomly assigned into two groups. The first group was the early cord clamping (ECC) group (n= 31), in which clamping the umbilical cord was within 15 seconds, while the second group was the delayed cord clamping (DCC) group (n= 31), in which clamping the umbilical cord was at 60 seconds. All patients were assessed for intra-operative blood loss and incidence of primary postpartum haemorrhage (PPH). Otherwise,

SUBMITTER: Rashwan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9233844 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature