BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is a valuable stem cell source used for transplantation. Immediate umbilical cord (UC) clamping is widely practised, but delayed UC clamping is increasingly advocated to reduce possible infant anaemia. The aim of this study was to investigate an intermediate UC clamping time point and to evaluate iron status at the age of 4 months in infants w...

Many common care practices during labor, birth, and the immediate postpartum period impact the fetal to neonatal transition, including medication used during labor, suctioning protocols, strategies to prevent heat loss, umbilical cord clamping, and use of 100% oxygen for resuscitation. Many of the care practices used to assess and manage a newborn immediately after birth have not proven efficac...

AIM A deadly nosocomial outbreak in a Philippine hospital drew nationwide attention to neonatal sepsis. Together with specific infection control measures, interventions that protect newborns against infection-related mortality include drying, skin-to-skin contact, delayed cord clamping, breastfeeding initiation and delayed bathing. This evaluation characterized hospital care in the first hours ...

conclusion we suggest the standard cefazolin prophylaxis (after cord clamping) for elective cesarean section and cefazolin before incision for non elective cesarean section. therefore, administration of prophylactic cefazolin prior to incision will not increase the rate of neonatal sepsis. compared between these groups. results two groups were demographically identical. rate of iv line need (rr...

Andersson, O. 2013. Effects of Delayed versus Early Cord Clamping on Healthy Term Infants. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 893. 66 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-554-8647-1. The aim of this thesis was to study maternal and infant effects of delayed cord clamping (≥180 seconds, DCC) compared to early (≤10 seconds, EC...

In this article, we challenge 2 fundamental assumptions underlying the current regulation of research for unproven therapies: (1) current regulatory practices serve the best interests of patients and (2) standard definitions allow clear demarcation and rational regulation of such therapies in clinical practice, research, and quality improvement (QI) activities. Our goal is to prompt serious con...

OBJECTIVES For very preterm births, to compare alternative policies for umbilical cord clamping and immediate neonatal care. DESIGN Parallel group randomised (1:1) trial, using sealed opaque numbered envelopes. SETTING Eight UK tertiary maternity units. PARTICIPANTS 261 women expected to have a live birth before 32 weeks, and their 276 babies. INTERVENTIONS Cord clamping after at least ...

IMPORTANCE Prevention of iron deficiency in infancy may promote neurodevelopment. Delayed cord clamping (DCC) can prevent iron deficiency during the first 6 months of life. However, no data are available on long-term effects on infant outcomes in relation to time for umbilical cord clamping. OBJECTIVE To investigate effects of DCC, as compared with early cord clamping (ECC), on infant iron st...

The transition from a fetus to a neonate at birth represents a critical phase in our life. Most infants make this transition without complications, but preterm infants usually require some form of assistance due to immature cardiopulmonary systems that predispose them to lifelong sequelae. As the incidence of preterm birth is increasing, there is now an urgent need for the development of manage...