Effect of Infant Placement on Iron Stores in Infancy: A Pilot Study

Davison, James, D.O.

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Anemia; Iron Deficiency

Treatments: Procedure: abdominal placement; Procedure: perineum maintained

Study type: Interventional

Identifiers

NCT00675337

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Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a pilot study designed to assess the safety of placing an infant on the mother's abdomen at the time of delivery, prior to clamping the umbilical cord and the effect of placing the infant on the mother's abdomen on the infant's iron stores. It is possible that placing the infant on the mother's abdomen (above the placenta) may lower the infant's iron stores during early infancy.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy pregnant women
• 37 - 42 weeks of gestation
• vaginal delivery
• prenatal care initiated prior to 20 weeks of gestation

Exclusion criteria

• maternal diabetes
• intrauterine growth restriction
• hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
• chronic hypertension requiring medical therapy
• Apgar score less than 7 at 5 minutes
• unusual bleeding prior to delivery
• alloimmunization
• maternal hemoglobinopathy
• need for immediate infant resuscitation preventing adherence to protocol

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

perineum

Active Comparator group

Description:

infants maintained at the level of the perineum until umbilical cord clamping

Treatment:

Procedure: perineum maintained

abdomen

Experimental group

Description:

infants placed on the maternal abdomen prior to cord clamping

Treatment:

Procedure: abdominal placement