Delayed vs early umbilical cord clamping for preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 1-18

  Fogarty, Michael ^a   Osborn, David A ^b   Askie, Lisa ^a   Seidler, Anna Lene ^a   Hunter, Kylie ^a   Lui, Kei ^c,d   Simes, John ^a   Tarnow Mordi, William ^a  

^a National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

delivery; infant; mortality; obstetric; premature; time factors; umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; DELAYED UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING; EARLY UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LATE ONSET SEPSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MATERNAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY; APGAR SCORE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIGATION; NEWBORN; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TIME FACTOR; UMBILICAL CORD;

APGAR SCORE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONSTRICTION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 85038909156     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.10.231     Document Type: Article

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