Delayed versus Immediate Cord Clamping in Preterm Infants

2017298 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

William Tarnow‐Mordi · National Health and Medical Research Council

Jonathan Morris · National Health and Medical Research Council

Adrienne Kirby · National Health and Medical Research Council

Kristy Robledo · University Hospital Heidelberg

Lisa Askie · Heidelberg University

Rebecca T. Brown · National Health and Medical Research Council

Nicholas Evans

Abstract

Among preterm infants, delayed cord clamping did not result in a lower incidence of the combined outcome of death or major morbidity at 36 weeks of gestation than immediate cord clamping. (Funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council [NHMRC] and the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre; APTS Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry number, ACTRN12610000633088 .).

Topics & Keywords

Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 377, Issue 25, pp. 2445-2455

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1711281

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