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The umbilical cord is the lifeline that connects the placenta to the foetus. Following birth, blood continues to ow through umbilical arteries (from the infant to the placenta) for approximately 20-25 seconds and is negligible by 45 seconds1. In the umbilical vein, however, blood continues to ow from the placenta to the infant for up to 3 minutes after delivery2. This additional blood volume transferred from the placenta to the neonate at birth through the umbilical vein is dened as Placental transfusion3. Neonatal anaemia is an important problem that has multiple sequelae on long term neurological, emotional and behavioural outcomes of newborns. Summary: Delayed cord clamping (for up to 60 sec) leads to improvement in levels of haemoglobin, haematocrit at 2 months of age. In our study the haemoglobin level in the Delayed cord clamping (DCC) group (n = 45; 19.5 ±1.1 g/L) was signicantly higher than that in the Immediate cord clamping (ICC) group (n = 45; 16.7± 1.1 g/L) (p < 0.05) which was measured after 48hrs. Similarly, haematocrit levels in DCC.
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