Immunologic and infectious consequences of immediate versus delayed umbilical cord clamping in premature infants: A prospective, randomized, controlled study

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-287

  Kugelman, Amir ^a   Borenstein Levin, Liron ^a   Kessel, Aharon ^a   Riskin, Arieh ^a   Toubi, Elias ^a   Bader, David ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complement; Delayed cord clamping; Immediate cord clamping; Immunoglobulin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING; BLOOD; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LIGATION; NEWBORN; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGERY; TIME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CONSTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 63849210681     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2009.038     Document Type: Article

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