A short delay in umbilical code clamping may reduce the risk of death before hospital discharge at very preterm birth. Immediate neonatal care can be provided with the cord intact, allowing cord ...

Iyanna Brown, 27, was due to give birth on July 7 but on the morning of June 26, she began to feel light cramping ...

Researchers identified five biomarkers in umbilical cord blood that could indicate early-onset sepsis in preterm infants and ...

Cord blood is the blood in your baby's umbilical cord and your placenta. It houses potentially lifesaving cells called stem cells, which can develop into mature blood cells, including red blood cells, ...

It can be difficult to decide whether to expedite birth when a woman in the final stage of pregnancy perceives fewer fetal ...

Product Issues In 2011 Nepal became the first country in the world to introduce a national program to make chlorhexidine available for umbilical cord care for newborns.

Singapore's public cord blood bank is grappling with a shortage of donors despite awareness levels growing in recent years. It’s a problem that’s become even more pressing as the use of cord ...

Objectives Dry cord care is recommended for all births by the Health Ministry in India. We report prevalence of antiseptic cord care in the context of neonatal mortality in the Indian state of Bihar.

Umbilical cord clamping at birth has a major impact on an infant's cardiovascular system that varies in significance depending upon whether the infant has commenced breathing. As umbilical venous ...

Currently, no practice guidelines for practitioners are set that delineate when umbilical cord clamping should be taken. What are the benefits and potential dangers of delayed cord clamping?