OBJECTIVES To describe the range of practices employed by units conducting deferred cord clamping at very preterm birth. DESIGN Qualitative study using semistructured interviews with neonatal doctors, nurses, midwives, obstetricians and managers in a sample of UK maternity units. PARTICIPANTS 33 neonatal doctors, neonatal nurses, midwives, obstetricians and managers. SETTING UK maternity ...

CONTEXT With few exceptions, the umbilical cord of every newborn is clamped and cut at birth, yet the optimal timing for this intervention remains controversial. OBJECTIVE To compare the potential benefits and harms of late vs early cord clamping in term infants. DATA SOURCES Search of 6 electronic databases (on November 15, 2006, starting from the beginning of each): the Cochrane Pregnancy...

BACKGROUND Delayed clamping of the umbilical cord increases the infant's iron endowment at birth and haemoglobin concentration at 2 months of age. We aimed to assess whether a 2-minute delay in the clamping of the umbilical cord of normal-weight, full-term infants improved iron and haematological status up to 6 months of age. METHODS 476 mother-infant pairs were recruited at a large obstetric...

There is currently no consensus among clinicians and scientists over the appropriate or optimal timing for umbilical cord clamping. However, many clinical studies have suggested that delayed cord clamping is associated with various neonatal benefits including increased blood volume, reduced need for blood transfusion, increased cerebral oxygenation in pre-term infants, and decreased frequency o...

BACKGROUND Preterm birth is the most important single determinant of adverse outcome in the United Kingdom; one in every 70 babies (1.4%) is born before 32 weeks (very preterm), yet these births account for over half of infant deaths.Deferring cord clamping allows blood flow between baby and placenta to continue for a short time. This often leads to increased neonatal blood volume at birth and ...

BACKGROUND Paraplegia is a devastating complication for patients undergoing repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. A monitor to detect spinal cord ischemia is necessary if anesthesiologists are to intervene to protect the spinal cord during aortic aneurysm clamping. METHODS The medical records of 60 patients who underwent thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair with regional lumbar epid...

Aim: To compare frequency of the anemia in neonates early versus delayed umbilical cordclamping term infants. Study design: Randomized controlled trial. Place and duration study: Department Obstetrics & Gynecology, Divisional Headquarters Hospital Mirpur AJK from 30th January 2021 to 29th July 2021. Methodology: The study enrolled 96infants which were delivered at within gestational range 3...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of a two-component intervention to change hospital practice with regard to the timing of umbilical cord clamping. METHODS A pre-/post-study design was used to measure the effect of a two-component intervention on mean time to clamp the umbilical cord. The study took place at Hospital Iquitos "César Garayar García" in Iquitos, Peru. A total of 224 women were...

OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to investigate the interaction of the important components of spinal cord blood supply in the pig model to enable its use for future studies of spinal cord protection. METHODS Twenty-five juvenile pigs (20-22 kg) underwent serial intercostal (IC) or lumbar artery (LA) ligation until disappearance of motor evoked potentials (MEPs). Pigs underwent sequential craniocaud...