Placental transfusion and short-term outcomes among extremely preterm infants.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare short-term outcomes after placental transfusion (delayed cord clamping (DCC) or umbilical cord milking (UCM)) versus immediate cord clamping among extremely preterm infants.

Design

Retrospective study.

Setting

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network registry.

Patients

Infants born <29 weeks' gestation in 2016 or 2017 without congenital anomalies who received active treatment after delivery.

Intervention/exposure

DCC or UCM.

Main outcome measures

Primary outcomes: (1) composite of mortality or major morbidity by 36 weeks' postmenstrual age (PMA); (2) mortality by 36 weeks PMA and (3) composite of major morbidities by 36 weeks' PMA. Secondary composite

SUBMITTER: Kumbhat N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7736256 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature