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. 2019 Sep 17;2019(9):CD003248. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003248.pub4

Holland 1998.

Trial name or title Placento‐fetal (autologous) transfusion at birth in infants born preterm: a randomised, controlled trial.
Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants Infants < 32 weeks' gestation.
Interventions Intervention: DCC
  • Delay of 40 to 90 seconds with positioning of the infant below the placenta as far as possible.


Comparator:
  • Write to ask is this is early cord clamping ‐ and at what time.

Outcomes Primary outcome
  • Median arterial/alveolar PO2 ratio over the first 24 hours of life.


Secondary outcome
  • CRIB score

  • RCV

  • Transfusion requirements

Starting date 1998
Contact information BM Holland
 Queen Mother's Hospital
 Glasgow G3 8SH
Notes Trial completed in 2001. Results not available. 2 centres have published part of their centre's results (Aladangady 2006; Baenziger 2007).