Milking of the Umbilical Cord in Term and Late Preterm Infants

Introduction. Umbilical cord milking is a procedure in which clamped or unclamped umbilical cord is grasped, and blood is pushed (“stripped”) two to four times towards the newborn, in a rapid time frame, usually within 20 seconds. The target of umbilical cord milking is to provide infants with their...

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Main Authors: Stefano Basile, Sara Pinelli, Elisabetta Micelli, Marta Caretto, Pierluigi Benedetti Panici
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9185059

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