Abstract
To compare the effect of intact cord versus clamped cord resuscitation on the physiologic transition of neonates receiving positive-pressure ventilation (PPV) at birth. This open-label, parallel-group, randomized controlled superiority trial was conducted in a tertiary care hospital in India. Neonates born at ≥34weeks of gestation after a complicated pregnancy or labor were randomized just before birth to receive resuscitation according to the Neonatal Resuscitation Program algorithm with either an intact cord (intact cord resuscitation group) or after early cord clamping (early cord clamping resuscitation group). The allocated study intervention was administered if the neonate needed PPV at birth. The primary outcome was expanded Apgar score at 5minutes after birth. Birth weight, gestational age, and the incidence of pregnancy complications were similar in the 2 study groups. The proportion of neonates who received PPV was lower in the intact cord resuscitation group (28.7% vs 36.5%, P=.05; relative risk, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.61-1.01). Among neonates who received PPV, the expanded Apgar score at 5minutes was significantly higher in the intact cord resuscitation group (median, 15 [IQR, 14-15] vs 14 [IQR, 13-15]; P<.001). The expanded Apgar score at 10minutes, Apgar scores at 5 and 10minutes, and oxygen saturation at 1, 5, and 10minutes were also higher in the intact cord resuscitation group. In late preterm and term neonates, resuscitation with an intact cord results in better postnatal physiologic transition than the standard practice of resuscitation after immediate cord clamping. Clinical Trial Registry of India (www.ctri.nic.in); trial registration no. CTRI/2020/02/023379.
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