Background: The appropriate moment for clamping the umbilical cord is controversial. Immediate cord clamping (ICC) is an item of active management of the third stage of labor (AMTSL). Unclamped umbilical cord may cause inconvenience in preterm neonates because they commonly need some levels of emergent services. Some studies revealed delayed cord clamping (DCC) of preterm neonates results in be...

Background: The timing of umbilical cord clamping may affect the need to bloodtransfusion and other morbidities of preterm infants. This study aimed to compare three different cord clamping timing (immediate cord clamping, delayed cord clamping and umbilical cord milking) in preterm infants delivered by cesarean section (CS). <em...

The timing of the umbilical cord clamping at birth is still controversial. In the modern era of medicine, the cord has been clamped early to facilitate resuscitation and stabilization of infants. However, recently delayed cord clamping has been supported by physicians because it allows for the physiological transfer of blood from the placenta to the infant. Many clinical studies have revealed t...

For at least over 200 years, multiple controversies have arisen around the timing of umbilical cord clamping. In the past decades, early cord clamping (within the first 15 seconds) had markedly prevailed. Only in the 21st century, randomized controlled trials have demonstrated the benefits of delayed cord clamping (at 2-3 minutes). Delayed cord clamping has been practiced in obstetrics based on...

Delayed umbilical cord clamping appears to be beneficial for term and preterm infants. In term infants, delayed umbilical cord clamping increases hemoglobin levels at birth and improves iron stores in the first several months of life, which may have a favorable effect on developmental outcomes. There is a small increase in jaundice that requires phototherapy in this group of infants. Consequent...

The optimal time to clamp the umbilical cord in preterm and full-term neonates after birth continues to be a matter of debate. A review of randomised controlled trials comparing the effects of early versus late cord clamping on maternal and infant outcomes was performed to assess data in favor of immediate or delayed clamping. Although there is no conclusive evidence, delayed cord clamping seem...

Recently, the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) recommended a 30–60 second delay in umbilical cord clamping for all preterm deliveries [1]. Delayed cord clamping in preterm infants has been associated with a greater than 50% reduction in intraventricular hemorrhage and less need for blood transfusions as demonstrated in a recent Cochrane meta-analysis of 10 randomized con...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the short term clinical effects of delayed cord clamping in preterm neonates. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING A tertiary care neonatal unit from October 2013 to September 2014. PARTICIPANTS 78 mothers with preterm labor between 27 to 316/7 weeks gestation. INTERVENTION Early cord clamping (10 s), delayed cord clamping (60 s) or delayed cord clamping (60...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of delayed umbilical cord clamping, compared with early clamping, on infant iron status at 4 months of age in a European setting. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Swedish county hospital. PARTICIPANTS 400 full term infants born after a low risk pregnancy. INTERVENTION Infants were randomised to delayed umbilical cord clamping (≥ 180 second...