A hospital policy change toward delayed cord clamping is effective in improving hemoglobin levels and anemia status of 8-month-old peruvian infants

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 435-440

  Gyorkos, Theresa W ^a,b   Maheu Giroux, Mathieu ^b,c   Blouin, Brittany ^a,b   Creed Kanashiro, Hilary ^d   Casapía, Martín ^e   Aguilar, Eder ^f   Silva, Hermánn ^f   Joseph, Serene A ^a,b   Penny, Mary E ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^e ASOCIACIÓN CIVIL SELVA AMAZÓNICA   (Peru)

^f Hospital Apoyo Iquitos César Garayar García   (Peru)

Author keywords

Anemia; Cohort; Hemoglobin; Infant malnutrition; Peru; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED CORD CLAMPING; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MOTHER; PATIENT SAFETY; PERU; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERIUM; RISK REDUCTION; UMBILICAL CORD;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANEMIA, NEONATAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSTRICTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERU; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84870397425     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fms012     Document Type: Article

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