Erschienen in:
23.01.2017 | Scientific Letter
Safety of Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping in Preterm Neonates Less than 34 weeks Gestation
verfasst von:
Anubhuti Rana, Krishna Agarwal
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
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Ausgabe 5/2017
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Excerpt
To the Editor: Delayed cord clamping (DCC) is recommended in infants born at or above 34 wk; however, there is a concern about its safety in babies born at less than 34 wk [
1‐
3]. We conducted a study with a primary objective of comparing the rates of hyperbilirubinemia and polycythemia during initial 7 d in infants born at less than 34 wk of gestation who were randomized to either DCC by 120 s or early cord clamping (ECC) within less than 30 s. …