ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2018
Whole blood volumes associated with milking intact and cut umbilical cords in term newborns.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Singapore Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines 2026.Singapore medical journal · 2026Guideline
- Umbilical cord milking versus delayed cord clamping in term infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2021Pooled it
- "Cut umbilical cord milking (C-UCM) in preterm twin gestational births-a randomized controlled trial".European journal of pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Cut umbilical cord milking (C-UCM) as a mode of placental transfusion in non-vigorous preterm neonates: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Trial
- Hemodynamic Changes with Umbilical Cord Milking in Nonvigorous Newborns: A Randomized Cluster Cross-over Trial.The Journal of pediatrics · 2023Trial
- Umbilical cord milking in nonvigorous infants: a cluster-randomized crossover trial.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2023Trial
- The effect of placental transfusion on hemodynamics in premature newborns: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Trial
- 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
- Umbilical cord milking as a technique to harvest cord blood derived cells for regenerative applications.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- How Delayed Cord Clamping Saves Newborn Lives.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Cardiorespiratory interactions during the transitional period in extremely preterm infants: a narrative review.Pediatric research · 2025Review
- Cord management in non-vigorous newborns.Seminars in perinatology · 2023Article
- Editorial: Umbilical cord milking-benefits and potential harmful effects.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Umbilical cord milking-benefits and risks.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
- Review
- Neonatal hemorrhage stroke and severe coagulopathy in a late preterm infant after receiving umbilical cord milking: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
- A review on development of placental transfusion in term and preterm infants.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Review
- Effects of blood sampling stewardship and erythropoietin administration in extremely low birth weight infants-a quality improvement non-controlled before-and-after retrospective study.European journal of pediatrics · 2021Article
- [Newborn resuscitation and support of transition of infants at birth].Notfall & rettungsmedizin · 2021Review
- Milking of the Umbilical Cord in Term and Late Preterm Infants.BioMed research international · 2019Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of this study is to determine placental transfusion blood volumes with intact and cut umbilical cord milking in term newborns. STUDY
designSixty women at ≥37 weeks' gestation were enrolled. Following delivery, the umbilical cord was immediately clamped and cut to separate the newborn. Either intact umbilical cord milking (I-UCM) of the placental-umbilical cord unit or cut umbilical cord milking (C-UCM) of the cut umbilical cord segment was performed. For I-UCM, the cord underwent milking three or four times while being attached to placental circulation. For C-UCM, a 10, 20, or 30 cm cord segment was cut separately and milked four times. Blood volumes were compared between I-UCM and C-UCM methods.
resultsMean blood volume with I-UCM (×4) was increased compared to the 30 cm C-UCM technique (48.5 ± 19.0 vs. 24.8 ± 4.0 mL, P < 0.001). For C-UCM, blood volume increased proportionally to cord length and, by the second milking, 98.1 ± 4.5% of blood volume was delivered.
conclusionI-UCM provides a greater blood volume than C-UCM. With C-UCM, milking the cord more than twice offers no additional advantage.
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