Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping of term infants on maternal and neonatal outcomes

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Mcdonald, Susan J ^a   Middleton, Philippa ^b   Dowswell, Therese ^c   Morris, Peter S ^d  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; UTEROTONIC AGENT; IRON;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; JAUNDICE; LABOR STAGE 3; LATE UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; META ANALYSIS; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; POLYCYTHEMIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD; BLOOD; LIGATION; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TIME; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL;

CONSTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84883033093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004074.pub3     Document Type: Review

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