Immediate and delayed cord clamping in infants born between 24 and 32 weeks: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 466-472

  Mercer, Judith S ^a   McGrath, Margaret M ^a,b   Hensman, Angelita ^b   Silver, Helayne ^b,c   Oh, William ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; OXYGEN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILDBIRTH; CLAMP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; UMBILICAL CORD;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONSTRICTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0141927996     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210970     Document Type: Article

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