In term babies, is it best to clamp the umbilical cord immediately at delivery or wait? Evidence Update, Maternal Health Series, March 2009

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 1 January 2009

• Document Type: Briefing
• Theme: Health

Abstract

Each Evidence Update is a 2-page summary of a Cochrane Review of healthcare interventions relevant to people in low-income and middle-income countries.

This Evidence Update was adapted from McDonald SJ, Middleton P. Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping of term infants on maternal and neonatal outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD004074. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004074.pub2.

Late clamping increases haemoglobin, but jaundice is more common.

Citation

Effective Health Care Research Programme Consortium, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK, 2 pp

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In term babies, is it best to clamp the umbilical cord immediately at delivery or wait? Evidence Update, Maternal Health Series, March 2009

Published 1 January 2009