A Comparison of Strategies for Managing the Umbilical Cord at Birth in Preterm Infants

To evaluate the rates of practice, and the associations between different cord management strategies at birth [delayed cord clamping (DCC), umbilical cord milking (UCM) and early cord clamping (ECC)] and mortality or major morbidity, rates of blood transfusion, and peak serum bilirubin in a large national cohort of very preterm infants.

Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - May 18, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Walid El-Naggar, Jehier Afifi, Jon Dorling, Jaya Bodani, Zenon Cieslak, Rody Canning, Xiang Y. YE, Joan Crane, Shoo K. Lee, Prakesh S. Shah, Canadian Neonatal Network and the Canadian Preterm Birth Network Investigators Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research