Improbable, but plausible, research study: a randomised controlled trial of premature cord clamping vs. neonatal venesection to achieve routine prophylactic neonatal red cell reduction

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 270-275

  Weeks, Andrew ^a   Bewley, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL SELECTION; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE CORD CLAMPING; UMBILICAL VEIN; BLOOD; BLOODLETTING; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; LIGATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UMBILICAL CORD;

ANEMIA, NEONATAL; BLOODLETTING; CONSTRICTION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PHLEBOTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 85049979257     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: 17581095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0141076818781406     Document Type: Note

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