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Practice Guideline
. 2006 Nov 4;333(7575):954-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39002.389236.BE.

A practical approach to timing cord clamping in resource poor settings

Patrick F van Rheenen  1 , Bernard J Brabin
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Practice Guideline

A practical approach to timing cord clamping in resource poor settings

Patrick F van Rheenen et al. BMJ. .
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Fig 1
Distribution of blood between infant and placenta depending on time of cord clamping after birth (adapted from Linderkampw24 and Yaoetalw25). The term infants are at the level of the introitus, about 10 cm below the placenta
Fig 2
Fig 2
Guidelines for cord clamping in resource poor settings
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