One-time umbilical cord milking after cord cutting has same effectiveness as multiple-time umbilical cord milking in infants born at <29 weeks of gestation: a retrospective study

Autor: S Hosono, H Mugishima, S Takahashi, N Masaoka, T Yamamoto, M Tamura
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of Perinatology. 35:590-594
ISSN: 1476-5543
0743-8346
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2015.15
Popis: To compare two strategies to potentiate the effects of placental transfusion in infants born at29 weeks of gestation.Twenty infants who received one-time umbilical cord milking after umbilical cord cutting were compared with 20 infants from a previous study group who received multiple-time umbilical cord milking. The primary outcome measurements were the probability of not needing a red blood cell (RBC) transfusion during the hospital stay and the total number of RBC transfusions within 21 days after birth.There was no significant difference in the probability of not needing a transfusion during the hospital stay (P=0.75) and the mean number of RBC transfusions given within the first 21 days of life (1.1±1.8 for the one-time umbilical cord-milking group vs 0.7±1.2 for the multiple-time umbilical cord-milking group, P=0.48).One-time umbilical cord milking after umbilical cord cutting had similar beneficial effects to multiple-time umbilical cord milking before umbilical cord cutting in very premature infants.
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