Umbilical Cord Milking: A Review

This is a review of umbilical cord milking, a controversial technique where the umbilical cord is squeezed several times before it is clamped an cut. While not physiological or natural for newborns, the question lies as to whether it is useful in certain circumstances, namely the depressed newborn....

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Autor principal: Katheria, Anup C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6249997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30498694
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2018.00335
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spelling pubmed-62499972018-11-29 Umbilical Cord Milking: A Review Katheria, Anup C. Front Pediatr Pediatrics This is a review of umbilical cord milking, a controversial technique where the umbilical cord is squeezed several times before it is clamped an cut. While not physiological or natural for newborns, the question lies as to whether it is useful in certain circumstances, namely the depressed newborn. Here we review the literature and discuss why it could be considered as an alternative for the current practice of delayed cord clamping. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6249997/ /pubmed/30498694 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2018.00335 Text en Copyright © 2018 Katheria. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_short Umbilical Cord Milking: A Review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6249997/
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