Umbilical Cord Milking in Extremely Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Cord Milking with Immediate Cord Clamping.

Justin B JosephsenShannon PotterEric S ArmbrechtMohamad Al-Hosni

Published in: American journal of perinatology (2020)

· Umbilical cord milking may be an alternative to delayed cord clamping, but its safety and efficacy are not established in extremely premature infants.. · There are minimal available published data on the longer term neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely premature infants who receive umbilical cord milking compared with immediate clamping.. · We did not find a significant difference in the primary outcomes of initial hemoglobin and blood transfusions between the groups, nor did we find a difference in severe IVH with umbilical cord milking..

Keyphrases

umbilical cord
mesenchymal stem cells
preterm infants
low birth weight
bone marrow
randomized controlled trial
early onset
big data
gestational age
weight loss