1. Effects of delayed umbilical cord clamping on full-term newborns and maternal outcomes
Lianfang YU ; Yuanxian SHAO ; Jiahua XIANG ; Lifang SHEN ; Kaiyu PAN
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2019;26(24):2969-2972
Objective:
To explore the effects of delayed umbilical cord clamping on full-term newborns and maternal outcomes.
Methods:
From January 2017 to April 2018, 287 normal full-term newborns delivered by vagina in the First People's Hospital of Xiaoshan District were selected in the research, and randomly divided into the control group (141 cases) and observation group (146 cases) according to the order of entering the delivery room.The control group was ligated the umbilical cord 15-20 s after delivery, while the observation group was ligated the umbilical cord 60 s after delivery.The level of hemoglobin, hematocrit, the incidence of anemia, polycythemia, hyperbilirubinemia and phototherapy time of full-term newborns were compared between the two groups 3 days after birth.The third stage of labor, the amount of postpartum hemorrhage and the incidence of postpartum hemorrhage were compared between the two groups.
Results:
The hemoglobin[(181.49±16.84) g/L] and hematocrit (0.545±0.055) in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group[(175.90±17.49 )g/L, (0.515±0.062)] at the third day after birth (