F2 - Strategies for Making Delayed Cord Clamping at Birth Easier: Dealing with the Big Three
F2 - Strategies for Making Delayed Cord Clamping at Birth Easier: Dealing with the Big Three
Title: F2 - Strategies for Making Delayed Cord Clamping at Birth Easier: Dealing with the Big Three
Disciplines: Childbearing (CB)
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss two examples of techniques that can be used to allow for both delayed cord clamping and cord blood collection in a newborn.
- Explain two essential physiologic requirements needed for successful placental transfusion in bedside resuscitation with cord intact.
- Discuss and summarize the current evidence on polycythemia and jaundice in both preterm and term newborns with delayed cord clamping.
Placental transfusion of the newborn's blood at birth has been shown to confer numerous benefits. To allow the baby to receive these benefits, delayed cord clamping is required which means, for many obstetrical teams, a change in practice pattern. In addition, three circumstances stand as significant barriers to the practice: cord blood collection, the need for resuscitation and concerns about polycythemia and jaundice. This session will provide evidence and updates on methods that allow for concurrent delayed cord cutting while addressing these issues in a safe, appropriate manner.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014: 2:15 PM-3:15 PM
Coronado H (Disney Coronado Springs)
Moderator:
Cyndy Krening, CNS, MS, RNC-OB, C-EFM
Presenting Author:
Judith S. Mercer, CNM, PhD, FACNM
Author (not presenting):
Mayri Sagady Leslie, CNM, MSN, EdD