Timing of umbilical cord clamping after birth for optimizing placental transfusion

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 180-187

  Raju, Tonse N K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anemia; Intracranial hemorrhage; Iron deficiency anemia; Necrotizing enterocolitisNeonatal jaundice; Preterm; Sepsis; Serum ferritin; Umbilical cord clamping

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; METHYLERGOMETRINE MALEATE; METHYSERGIDE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; META ANALYSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NUCHAL CORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA TRANSFUSION; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING; URINE VOLUME;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CONSTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIGATION; PERINATAL CARE; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84875382720     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32835d2a9e     Document Type: Review

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