Is it time to rethink cord management when resuscitation is needed?

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 635-644

  Mercer, Judith S ^a,b   Erickson Owens, Debra A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asystole; Blood volume; Cord milking; Delayed cord clamping; Hypovolemia; Perfusion; Placental transfusion; Resuscitation; Shock

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DISEASE; BREATHING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELAYED UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FETAL TO NEONATAL CIRCULATION; FETAL TO NEONATAL TRANSITION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART ARREST; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; IMMEDIATE UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING; INFLAMMATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRAPARTUM CARE; NEONATAL RESUSCITATION; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; NUCHAL CORD; ORGAN PERFUSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTAL TRANSFUSION; PLACENTAL TRANSFUSION SPEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; UMBILICAL CORD MILKING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; BIRTH; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; LIGATION; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; SHOULDER; SYSTOLE; UMBILICAL CORD;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONSTRICTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NUCHAL CORD; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RESUSCITATION; SHOULDER; SYSTOLE; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84927516041     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: 15422011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.12206     Document Type: Article

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