OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical effects of regulating umbilical cord clamping in preterm infants.
DESIGN
A prospective randomised study.
SETTING
The Queen Mother's Hospital, Glasgow.
SUBJECTS
36 vaginally delivered infants over 27 and under 33 weeks' gestation.
INTERVENTION
Holding the infant 20 cm below the introitus for 30 seconds before clamping the umbilical cord ("regulated" ...
