EC Paediatrics

Review Article Volume 12 Issue 11 - 2023

Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping

Alejandra Itzel Contreras Rivas1*, Estudillo J Gaston2, Padilla M Gabriela3, Hernández F Francisco4, Jimenez G Julio Y5 and Astudillo A Fernando6

1Pediatrics-Neonatology, Doctorate Student in Biological and Health Sciences, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Physician Attached to the Neonatal Intensive Therapy General Hospital of Tlahuac ISSSTE, Attached to the Perinatal/Genetic/Neonatal Diagnostic Center, Fetalvita Institute, CDMX, Mexico
2Gynecology and Obstetrics, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Fetal Surgery, In Charge of the CDMX Perinatal Health Program, Coordinator of the Maternal Fetal Medicine Service, Dario Fernandez General Hospital ISSSTE, General Director of the Perinatal/Genetic/Neonatal Diagnostic Center, Fetalvita Institute, CDMX, Mexico
3Pediatrician, Associated Pediatric Physician Service Hospital General Doctor Dario Fernandez ISSSTE, Mexico
4Gynecology and Obstetrics, Coordinator of Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital General Doctor Dario Fernandez ISSSTE, Mexico
5Gynecology and Obstetrics, Responsable de Unidad en: Especialidades Médicas de JOJUTLA, UNEME, Mexico
6Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital UCI Almati, Iguala Guerrero, Médico Adscrito En Área de Ginecologia y Obstetricia de HGZ Numero 4, IMSS, Iguala Guerrero, Mexico

*Corresponding Author: Alejandra Itzel Contreras Rivas, Pediatrics-Neonatology, Doctorate Student in Biological and Health Sciences, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Physician Attached to the Neonatal Intensive Therapy General Hospital of Tlahuac ISSSTE, Attached to the Perinatal/Genetic/Neonatal Diagnostic Center, Fetalvita Institute, CDMX, Mexico.
Received: September 19, 2023; Published: October 13, 2023




Currently performing delayed clamping of the umbilical cord (DCC) has become an essential component of labor management and immediate newborn care, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends delayed clamping of the umbilical cord, no earlier than 1 minute, after birth to improve nutritional and health outcomes for both mother and baby. This volume supports the process of fetal to neonatal physiologic circulatory transition compared with immediate cord clamping, which deprives neonates of a significant volume of blood to support the major changes in the pulmonary and umbilical circulations, especially in preterm neonates. The main problem is when a newborn is born who needs support during resuscitation, that is, they did not breathe or cry at birth, which is why this review will attempt not only to deepen the physiological conditions that improve the binomial and to establish which newborns are candidates to carry out this procedure.

 Keyword: Newborn; Delayed Clamp; Umbilical Cord; Preterm Label

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Alejandra Itzel Contreras Rivas., et al. Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping. EC Paediatrics 12.11 (2023): 01-06.

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