Benefits to delayed cord clamping in healthy term and pre-term infants
1) Reduces the need for blood transfusions (Andersson et al. 2011;
Mercer and Erikson-Owens, 2014; McDonald et al. 2013)
2) Reduces the risk of iron deficiency anaemia (Andersson et al. 2011;
Mercer and Erikson-Owens, 2014)
3) DCC in preterm infants is associated with a 50% reduction in
intraventricular hemorrhage and a decrease in the incidence of
intracranial hemorrhage (Rabe et al. 2012).
4) No increased risk of PPH, admission to NICU or lowered APGAR scores
(Mercer and Erikson-Owens, 2014).