Optimal timing for clamping the umbilical cord after birth

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 889-900

  Raju, Tonse N K ^a   Singhal, Nalini ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delayed cord clamping; Early cord clamping; Umbilical cord milking

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING; FEMALE; LIGATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; TIME; UMBILICAL CORD;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LIGATION; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84869748853     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: 15579840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2012.09.006     Document Type: Review

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