Science & Medicine: When you clamp the cord matters
It’s a big moment, when someone — often dad — cuts a newborn’s umbilical cord.…
Petrie Dish · Bonnie Petrie
January 28, 20242m 10s
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It’s a big moment, when someone — often dad — cuts a newborn’s umbilical cord. But before you cut it, you clamp it to stop blood flow, and UT Health San Antonio is involved in a study that’s trying to determine whether when you clamp the cord matters in babies with congenital heart disease.