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IN FOCUS: As a new report suggests that progress in survival rates is the slowest it’s been for 50 years in the UK, Helen Coffey dives into what went wrong – and why we’re not keeping pace with the rest of Europe
The meta-analysis of 3,292 infants across 21 studies found that premature babies whose umbilical cords are clamped 30 seconds or more after birth are less likely to die before leaving the hospital, compared to those whose cord is clamped immediately after birth.
Waiting for two minutes or longer to clamp the umbilical cord of a premature baby soon after birth could help reduce the risk of death, compared with immediately clamping the umbilical cord, or waiting a shorter time before doing so.
Waiting for two minutes or longer to clamp the umbilical cord of a premature baby soon after birth could help reduce the risk of death by more than half, compared with immediately clamping the umbilical cord, or waiting a shorter time before ...
Delaying the clamping allows blood to flow from the placenta to the baby while the baby's lungs fill with air.