ArticleArchives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition2014
Barriers to deferred cord clamping in preterm infants.
Article in Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping and other strategies to influence placental transfusion at preterm birth on maternal and infant outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Timing of umbilical cord clamping among infants born at 22 through 27 weeks' gestation.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2016Trial
- Care of the Newborn and Cord During the Third Stage of Labour (Scientific Impact Paper No. 78).BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2026Review
- Factors associated with rates and durations of cord clamping practice compliance in preterm neonates of <33 weeks' gestation.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Safety and Ergonomic Challenges of Ventilating a Premature Infant During Delayed Cord Clamping.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Golden hour management practices for infants <32 weeks gestational age in Canada.Paediatrics & child health · 2018Article
- Placental transfusion: a review.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2017Review
- Steps for implementing delayed cord clamping in a hospital setting.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo describe the range of practices employed by units conducting deferred cord clamping at very preterm birth.
designQualitative study using semistructured interviews with neonatal doctors, nurses, midwives, obstetricians and managers in a sample of UK maternity units.
participants33 neonatal doctors, neonatal nurses, midwives, obstetricians and managers.
settingUK maternity units in 2012.
resultsFour key themes emerged. The first concerns the variation in guideline content, the absence of a practice of stabilisation with cord intact, and issues with implementing and maintaining changes in practice. The second concerns the challenges in assessing eligibility. The third concerns the competing priorities of delivering the intervention and proceeding with other stabilisation manoeuvres and the associated anxiety experienced by professionals. The final theme relates to the issue of uncertainty as to optimal treatment choices.
conclusionsThe evidence surrounding deferred cord clamping in very preterm infants is unclear. This study describes the reported practice of units deferring cord clamping in 2012 and will inform trial development.
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