Extrauterine Placental Transfusion In Neonatal Resuscitation Of Very Low Birth Weight Infants

At delivery by caesarean section, the infant is born with the placenta still attached via the umbilical cord and placental transfusion is performed at least 1 minute but not more than 10 minutes by holding the placenta \~40-50cm above the babies' heart level while respiratory support by mask continuous-positive-airway-pressure (CPAP) is initiated simultaneously.

At delivery by caesarean section, delayed cord clamping will be performed by having the delivering obstetrician delay clamping of the umbilical cord for at least 30 seconds with initiation of respiratory support by mask CPAP after cord clamping.