title: Term babies with delayed cord clamping: an approach in preventing anemia (.).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We investigated the effects of delayed and early clamping of the cord on the hematologic status of the baby at birth and at the end of second month.
  
  
  METHODS
  Umbilical cord of 74 babies were clamped in the first 30 s (Group 1) and 76 were clamped at 90-120 s (Group 2). Levels of hemoglobin, hematocrit, iron and ferritin were analyzed from the umbilical cord blood at birth and from the venous samples at the end of second month.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hemoglobin, hematocrit, iron and ferritin levels of cord blood were similar in both groups. However, their levels other than ferritin were higher in Group 2 at the end of second month. Two babies had respiratory distress and twelve neonates received phototherapy in Group 2 whereas only five neonates received phototherapy in Group 1.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Term babies to whom delayed cord clamping was performed had improved hematological parameters at the end of second month. Therefore, delaying cord clamping in these babies may be a favorible approach in preventing anemia.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Sciences , Uskudar University , Istanbul , Turkey .
authors.forename: Arif Aktug
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ertekin
authors.affiliation: b Department of Obstetrics , Zeynep Kamil Women and Children's Disease, Training and Research Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey .
authors.forename: Nilufer
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nihan Ozdemir
authors.affiliation: c Department of Perinatology , Clinic of Obsterics and Gynecology, Anadolu Health Center , Kocaeli , Turkey .
authors.forename: Zeki
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sahinoglu
authors.affiliation: d Department of Pediatrics , Koc University School of Medicine , Istanbul , Turkey .
authors.forename: Tugba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gursoy
authors.affiliation: e Department of Pediatrics , Zeynep Kamil Women and Children's Disease, Training and Research Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey , and.
authors.forename: Nazan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Erbil
authors.affiliation: f Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey.
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000751:Anemia, Neonatal / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D047929:Term Birth; D014470:Umbilical Cord; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Early and delayed cord clamping; ferritin; hematocrit; hemoglobin; iron