Obstetricians' attitudes and beliefs regarding umbilical cord clamping

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1457-1461

  Jelin, Angie C ^a   Kuppermann, Miriam ^a   Erickson, Kristine ^b,c   Clyman, Ronald ^a   Schulkin, Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Amer Coll of Obstet/Gynecologists   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed clamping; Opinion; Preterm; Survey; Term

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMORBIDITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN RESUSCITATION; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OBSTETRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLACENTA PREVIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING; UMBILICAL CORD MILKING; UNITED STATES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LIGATION; MANPOWER; NEWBORN; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEPSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TIME; UMBILICAL CORD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CONSTRICTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906262414     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.864275     Document Type: Article

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