Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
August 2024
Objectives: Little is known about decision regret following extremely premature birth. We assessed decision regret in women who delivered an extremely premature infant, comparing decision regret scores based on resuscitation decision.
Methods: Electronic survey assessment of decision regret using a validated tool included women who delivered at 22-25 completed weeks of gestation at two hospitals 2004-2019.
Importance: Compared with early cord clamping (ECC), umbilical cord milking (UCM) reduces delivery room cardiorespiratory support, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, and therapeutic hypothermia in nonvigorous near-term and full-term infants. However, UCM postdischarge outcomes are not known.
Objective: To determine the 2-year outcomes of children randomized to UCM or ECC at birth in the Milking in Nonvigorous Infants (MINVI) trial.
Since the 1960s, the gestational age at which premature infants typically survive has decreased by approximately one week per decade [...
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To determine whether rate of severe intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) or death among preterm infants receiving placental transfusion with UCM is noninferior to delayed cord clamping (DCC).
Methods: Noninferiority randomized controlled trial comparing UCM versus DCC in preterm infants born 28 to 32 weeks recruited between June 2017 through September 2022 from 19 university and private medical centers in 4 countries. The primary outcome was Grade III/IV IVH or death evaluated at a 1% noninferiority margin.