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Background: The initiation of crying is an easy way to evaluate
neonatal condition. Doubt arises about a neonate’s condition if the initiation of
crying occurs late during delayed cord clamping (DCC). This study aimed to detect
any difference in cord arterial blood gas (cABG) parameters depending on when
spontaneous respiration (SR) started during DCC in a cesarean section.
Methods: This retrospective study analyzed cABG results in relation to
SR start time during DCC. The study included full-term (n = 41) and preterm (n =
17) neonates who were born by cesarean section with DCC. If the neonate cried
within 60 s of DCC, the crying start time was considered as the time of the first
SR. The cABG results of the preterm and full-term neonates were then examined.
Each group was further divided into groups of 5, 10, and 30 s according to
time-to-SR onset (time-to-SR). Subsequently, the cABG results were analyzed
between these time-to-SR subgroups. The Mann–Whitney test was used for the
comparisons, and p