The purpose of this study is to determine if oxytocin administration immediately after delivery of the infant modifies the volume of placental transfusion in healthy term infants.
Randomized controlled trial with 2 arms to test the influence of oxytocin in placental transfusion. Placental transfusion: the amount of blood that passes to the baby from the time of birth until the cord is clamped. The difference in weight between a measurement at birth and a second one after clamping the cord at 3 minutes will be considered as proxy for placental transfusion. In one arm the oxytocin will be used immediately after birth and the cord clamped at 3 minutes In the other arm the oxytocin will be administered at 3 minutes of birth after the cord is clamped.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
180
10 IU of oxytocin given IV at different times after birth
Instituto de Ginecologia y Maternidad Nuestra Señora de la Merced
San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province, Argentina
placental transfusion
Difference in body weight between birth and 3 minutes of life
Time frame: between birth and 3 minutes of life
bilirubin
Bilirubin level
Time frame: at 36/48 hours
Hematocrit
Hematocrit levels
Time frame: at 36/48 hours
Maternal blood loss
measure of the blood loss
Time frame: after birth for 30 minutes
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