PLACENTAL TRANSFUSION AND HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA IN THE PREMATURE Journal Articles

abstract

• Placental transfusion has been compared in premature and full-term infants. Blood volume measurements showed that the 5-minute transfusion was similar in full-term and premature infants (47% and 50% increase in blood volume from birth). A larger proportion of the 5-minute transfusion occurred by 1 minute in full-term (76%) than in premature infants (56%). Placental transfusion, by increasing red cell volume, greatly enhanced the severity of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Bilirubin concentrations of 15 mg/100 ml developed in only 6% of premature infants when cord clamping was immediate, in 14% when cord clamping was delayed 1 minute, and in 38% after a 5-minute delay in cord clamping.

authors

• Saigal, Saroj
• O'Neill, Allison
• Surainder, Yeldandi
• Chua, Le-Beng
• Usher, Robert

status

• published 

publication date

• March 1, 1972

has subject area

• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences (FoR)
• Birth Weight (MeSH)
• Blood Transfusion (MeSH)
• Blood Volume (MeSH)
• Erythrocytes (MeSH)
• Gravitation (MeSH)
• Hematocrit (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Hyperbilirubinemia (MeSH)
• Infant, Newborn (MeSH)
• Infant, Premature (MeSH)
• Infant, Premature, Diseases (MeSH)
• Pediatrics (Science Metrix)
• Placenta (MeSH)
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn (MeSH)
• Serum Albumin, Radio-Iodinated (MeSH)
• Time Factors (MeSH)
• Umbilical Cord (MeSH)

published in

• Pediatrics  Journal

keywords

• Birth Weight
• Blood Transfusion
• Blood Volume
• Erythrocytes
• Gravitation
• Hematocrit
• Humans
• Hyperbilirubinemia
• Infant, Newborn
• Infant, Premature
• Infant, Premature, Diseases
• Placenta
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn
• Serum Albumin, Radio-Iodinated
• Time Factors
• Umbilical Cord

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1542/peds.49.3.406

PubMed ID

• 5062269

start page

• 406

end page

• 419

volume

• 49

issue

• 3