Impact of cord clamping on haemodynamic transition in term newborn infants.

Objective: To assess the haemodynamic consequences of cord clamping (CC) in healthy term infants.

Design: Cohort study.

Setting: Tertiary maternity hospital.

Respiratory adaptation in term infants following elective caesarean section.

Objective: To determine respiratory rate (RR), tidal volume (TV) and end-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO) values in full-term infants immediately after caesarean section, and to assess whether infants that develop transient tachypnoea of the newborn (TTN) follow the same physiological patterns.

Design And Patients: A Respironics NM3 Monitor (Philips, Netherlands) continuously measured RR, TV and EtCO for 7 min in infants >37 weeks' gestation following elective caesarean section (ECS). Monitoring was repeated at 2 hours of age for 2 min.