Abstract
Background: Delayed umbilical cord clamping (DCC) appears to be beneficial for preterm and term infants. In very preterm infants DCC improves hemodynamic stability after birth and decreases major neonatal morbidities, such as intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). In term infants DCC increases hemoglobin levels at birth and improves iron stores in the first several months of life. All of these have favorable effect on infant developmental outcomes. But, none of the published studies specifically focused on moderately preterm infants born between gestational ages 32 to 35 …
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