Timing of umbilical cord clamping: New thoughts on an old discussion

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1274-1285

  Arca, Gemma ^a   Botet, Francesc ^a   Palacio, Montse ^b   Carbonell Estrany, Xavier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

bilirubin blood; delivery; hematocrit; infant; newborn; obstetric methods; time factors; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANEMIA; APGAR SCORE; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL TRIAL; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MOTHER; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSTETRIC CARE; POLYCYTHEMIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING;

CONSTRICTION; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TERM BIRTH; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 77958048933     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903551475     Document Type: Review

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