To study the effect of delayed cord clamping on infant iron status, 69 newborn infants were randomly assigned to three groups at the time of delivery: 1) cord clamping immediately after delivery; 2) clamping when the cord stopped pulsating, at around one minute after deliver with the infant placed at the level of the placenta; 3) clamping when the cord stopped pulsating, with the infant placed below the level of the placenta. Two months after delivery, infants in the groups with delayed cord clamping had significantly higher packed cell volume values and hemoglobin concentrations. Less infants were anemic: the percentage of infants with packed cell volume lower than 33% was 88% in group 1 compared with 42% in group 2 and 55% in group 3.
-The Kangaroo, 2nd Quarter 1999, a supplement to Child Health Dialogue, Issue 15
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