Wait a minute? An observational cohort study comparing iron stores in healthy Swedish infants at 4 months of age after 10-, 60- and 180-second umbilical cord clamping.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is a valuable stem cell source used for transplantation. Immediate umbilical cord (UC) clamping is widely practised, but delayed UC clamping is increasingly advocated to reduce possible infant anaemia. The aim of this study was to investigate an intermediate UC clamping time point and to evaluate iron status at the age of 4 months in infants who had the UC clamped after 60 s and compare the results with immediate and late UC clamping.

Design

Prospective observational study with two historical controls.

Setting

A university hospital in Stockholm, Sweden, and a county hospital in Halland, Sweden.

Methods

Iron status was assessed at 4 months in 200 prospectively recruited term infants whose UC was clamped 60 s af

SUBMITTER: Askelof U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5778270 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature