Bridging the Gap between Evidence and Practice: A Systematic Review—When Is the Best Time to Clamp the Infant’s Umbilical Cord in Term Low-Risk Women?
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50395#.VDzBUFfHRK0 Author(s) Jane Houston , Lilla Dillon , Ashley Duvall , Margaret McGuire Affiliation(s) University of Florida, Gainesville, USA . ABSTRACT Historically, in midwifery and obstetric care, the umbilical cord was not usually clamped until all pulsation of the cord had ceased. This is now referred to as delayed cord clamping or DCC (not clamping umbilical cord before two minutes of life). During the last one hundred years with changes in the ways women give birth, especially the shift toward hospital based birth in the Western world, it became commonplace for the cord to be clamped within 20 - 30 seconds of birth (immediate cord clamping or...