A brief delay in clamping the umbilical cord results in a placental transfusion that supplies the infant with a major source of iron during the first few months of life. Cord circulation continues for several minutes after birth and placental transfusion results in approximately 30% more blood volume. Gravity influences the amount of placental transfusion that an infant receives. Placing the in...

AIM To evaluate the immunologic and infectious consequences of delayed versus immediate cord clamping in premature infants (<35 weeks) during the neonatal period. METHODS This was a prospective, masked, randomized, controlled, single-center study. Prior to delivery 35 infants were randomly assigned to immediate cord clamping (ICC) at 5-10 s and 30 infants to delayed cord clamping (DCC), at 30...

Objective of the study was to compare the effect of umbilical cord milking (UCM) and delayed cord clamping (DCC) on hematological parameters (serum ferritin & hemoglobin) at 6 weeks of life in term neonates. It was a Randomized Controlled Trail conducted at a teaching hospital in North India from August 2012 to August 2013. Babies born at > 36 weeks of gestation were randomized in two groups, U...

Over the past decade, there have been several studies and reviews on the importance of providing a placental transfusion to the newborn. Allowing a placental transfusion to occur by delaying the clamping of the umbilical cord is an extremely effective method of enhancing arterial oxygen content, increasing cardiac output, and improving oxygen delivery. However, premature and term newborns who r...

Objective: Umbilical cord clamping time is a situation that should be planned before delivery. It recommended the umbilical clamped for at least 30–60 seconds after birth in healthy preterm and term newborns. There are few studies investigating effect of on blood gas. If 30 birth, it considered early clamping, if seconds, late clamping. In this study, we aimed to compare or with acid-base param...

Objective To investigate the safety of umbilical cord milking on both the mother and neonate among very preterm deliveries of less than 33 weeks of gestation. Methods Pregnant women who were expected to deliver at between 24 0/7 and 32 6/7 weeks of gestation were randomized to either the umbilical cord milking or immediate cord clamping group. Maternal and neonatal data associated with delive...