Umbilical Cord Blood Use For Admission Blood Tests of Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Neonates: A Multi-center Randomized Clinical Trial

Umbilical Cord Blood Use For Admission Blood Tests of Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) Preterm Neonates: A Multi-center Randomized Clinical Trial

The goal of this protocol is to establish a randomized clinical trial comparing the use of cord blood vs. infant blood with the primary outcome of comparing both the absolute hemoglobin concentration and the percent change in hemoglobin concentration from baseline around 24 hours of life.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Birth weight less than 1200g or Gestational Age less than 30 weeks born at participating medical centers

Exclusion Criteria:

• No specific exclusion criteria