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Rethink prompted on immediate cord clamping for pre-term babies
Changing how pre-term babies’ umbilical cords are clamped could improve outcomes and save babies lives, prompting an update of the international guidelines that inform global practice.
A major review has found that changing how pre-term babies’ umbilical cords are clamped could improve outcomes and save babies’ lives, prompting an update of the international guidelines that inform global practice.
More than 15 million babies are born too early (preterm) annually worldwide. Of these, 1.1 million die, and surviving children have an increased risk of developmental difficulties and chronic ill health.
Now, an international research team led by the University of Sydney has brought together all clinical trials to date looking at different strategies for clamping of the umbilical cord for preterm infants in a systematic review and meta-analysis, from 42 studies incorporating data for almost 6000 infants.
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Baltimore, MD – The Herman & Walter Samuelson Children s Hospital at Sinai today debuts its brand-new Newborn Care Center, a state-of-the-art, family-centered unit offering innovative and nurturing care for premature infants with the most critical needs as well as for full-term babies. Designed with the latest hybrid approach to promote optimal infant care and family support, the new center includes 21 beds in the renovated and expanded Jennifer Gandel Kachura Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and a six-bed Well-Baby Nursery. The hospital held a virtual celebration on Thursday, February 11 that featured video tours, patient and family stories, and then-and-now photos of NICU graduates.
Jan 14, 2021
Differing demographic characteristics appear to determine trial participation
Brand new parents who agreed to enroll their infants in a neonatal clinical trial differed from those who declined participation in terms of self-identified race/ethnicity, income, and insurance coverage, researchers reported.
In a survey-based study of 369 parents, those who placed the infant in the HEAL study had lower rates of Medicaid participation (41.1% versus 55.3%,
P=0.04) and higher rates of annual income >$55,000 (52.8% versus 37.5%,
P=0.03) compared with those who declined, according to Elliott Mark Weiss, MD, MSME, of Seattle Children’s Hospital & Research Institute, and co-authors.
Additionally, Black parents had lower enrollment rates compared with White parents (odds ratio 0.35, 95% CI 0.17-0.73), they wrote in