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Delayed cord clamping in preterm infants: is it time to become standard practice?

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Manuscript Citation: Tarnow-Mordi W, Morris J, Kirby A, Robledo R, Askie L, Brown R, et al. Delayed Cord Clamping in Preterm Infants. New England Journal of Medicine 2017; 377 (25): 2445-2455. PMID: 29081267

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The Journal Club is a collaboration between the American Academy of Pediatrics - Section of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine and the International Society for Evidence-Based Neonatology (EBNEO.org).

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  1. Texas Children’s Newborn Center, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    Elizabeth Sager, Joseph Hagan & Shweta Parmekar

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    Elizabeth Sager & Shweta Parmekar

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Sager, E., Hagan, J. & Parmekar, S. Delayed cord clamping in preterm infants: is it time to become standard practice?. J Perinatol 39, 513–515 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-018-0286-5

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