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

Tanthawat 2017.

Trial name or title The effect of one‐time umbilical cord milking and early cord clamping in preterm infants: a randomised controlled trial (one‐time umbilical cord milking)
Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants Inclusion criteria
  • Infants < 32 weeks' gestation


Exclusion criteria
  • Placenta previa or accreta and cord problem; major congenital anomalies; hydrop fetalis; twin‐to‐twin transfusion syndrome; parents refuse to join the project

Interventions Intervention: UCM
  • Clamp and cut cord at 30 cm from umbilical stump by obstetrician

  • 1‐time UCM by neonatology fellow/staff at speed of 10 cm/sec

  • Clamp and cut cord at 1‐2 cm from umbilical stump


Comparator: ECC
  • Clamping at < 10 secs

  • Clamp and cut cord (1‐2 cm from stump) immediately (< 10 sec) after birth

Outcomes Primary
  • Hb and Hct level at admission


Secondary
  • Hct BP inotropic drugs and fluid resuscitation urine output total amount of blood transfusion morbid

Starting date 1 March 2016
Contact information Sopida Tanthawat, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. Email: sopida_tanth@hotmail.com
Notes Recruitment complete ‐ 40 babies enrolled
Trial reg: TCTR20170201003
Funding source: Ramathibodi hospital, Mahidol University
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