Delayed cord clamping at delivery of a newborn-a position statement by the College of Paediatrics and the College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia

• Main Authors: Cheah, Fook Choe, Omar, Siti Zawiah, Lim, Pei Shan, Ismail, Hamizah, Lim, C K K, Thong, Meow Keong, Yong, S C, Chee, S C
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine, UKM 2024
• Subjects: RG Gynecology and obstetrics; RG500 Obstetrics; RG551 Pregnancy; RG951 Maternity nursing. Obstetrical nursing; RG940 Maternal care. Prenatal care services; RJ Pediatrics; RJ251 Newborn infants. Neonatology; RJ59 Infant and neonatal morbidity and mortality
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/119431/1/119431_Delayed%20cord%20clamping.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/119431/2/119431_Delayed%20cord%20clamping_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/119431/; https://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/delayed-cord-clamping-delivery-newborn-position-statement-college-paediatrics-and-college

Delayed cord clamping (DCC) is a practice in which the umbilical cord of a newborn is not immediately clamped and cut after birth, but deferred to allow the transfer of vital blood and nutrients from the placenta to the neonate. This position paper, in advocating DCC, highlights some key physiologi...