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A view on why immediate cord clamping must cease in routine obstetric delivery

^1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Hollyhurst Road, Darlington DL3 6HX, UK Email: djrhutchon{at}postmaster.co.uk

Key content:

• There is good evidence that immediate cord clamping can harm the newborn baby.
  
• Delaying cord clamping for at least 30 seconds is possible in all deliveries.
  

Learning objectives:

• To increase awareness of the need for routine delayed clamping by obstetricians and midwives.
  
• To explore the practice in the presence of fetal distress and nuchal cord.
  

Ethical issues:

• How can a balance be struck between the legal drive for cord blood measurements at birth, which requires immediate cord clamping, and the therapeutically driven delay in cord clamping?
  

Please cite this article as: Hutchon D. A view on why immediate cord clamping must cease in routine obstetric delivery. The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist 2008;10:112–116.

Keywords anaemia / delayed cord clamping / fetal distress / hypovolaemia / nuchal cord