Abstract
Current evidences suggest that the practice of immediate clamping and cutting of the umbilical cord at birth may contribute to anemia in infancy [1]. Immediate clamping can deprive a full term infant of 60 to 100 ml of whole blood representing 30-60 mg/ kg of iron [2]. The low tech-low cost” intervention of delayed cord clamping can reduce anemia in infancy by enhancing placentalinfant transfusion at birth. Delayed cord clamping (DCC), in which the cord is clamped after a short delay after birth, and umbilical cord milking (UCM), in which cord blood is stripped or milked toward the baby, have been shown to prevent anemia in infants [3].
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