Waiting to clamp umbilical cord gives premature babies fighting chance
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Doctors should hold off clamping the umbilical cords of premature babies to help give them the best chance to thrive in their critical first days of life.
An Australian-led meta-analysis and systematic review of 42 clinical trials involving 5772 infants worldwide is expected to pave the way for new global guidelines to give clinicians the confidence to delay severing the connection between the placenta and their pre-term patients.
Danielle Rizk’s sone George, 14 months, was born at 23 weeks and two days gestation.