If the cord hasn’t come off after 3 weeks, be patient. Keep the area dry and make sure it’s not covered by your child’s diaper. If it hasn’t come off in 6 weeks, or you see signs of fever or infection, call your doctor. Once the cord is gone, continue to keep the area ...
Umbilical Cord Care Knowledge and Practices of Mothers attending Selected Primary Health Care Centres in Ibadan, NigeriaChizoma M., NdikomFisayo, OluwatosinAbimbola, Oluwatosin O.International Journal of Caring Sciences
Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics Dovepress open access to scientific and medical research Open Access Full Text Article ORIGINAL RESEARCH Umbilical Cord Care Practices and Associated Factor Among Mothers of Neonates Visiting Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital Southwest Ethiopia 2021 Nigatu ...
As the parent of a newborn, you’ll want to know about umbilical cord care, including how to keep your baby’s umbilical cord stump dry until it falls off, how to identify the signs of infection, and when to call your healthcare provider. Read on to learn about all this, and more....
Care of the Umbilical CordWhile performing a vital role for survival of the fetus, after delivery the umbilical cord stump is a redundant feature of the term newborn. It does, however, receive attention and activity by...doi:10.1007/978-1-349-21082-4_5Rush, Janet...
Multiple births were given the same treatment assignment for ease of consent and family considerations. There was no crossover allowed between the umbilical cord milking group and the delayed umbilical cord clamping group. If the physician abandoned the assigned procedure due to safety concerns, the ...
The most common source of restricted umbilical cord problems in childbirth is completely preventable and due to a procedure known to be harmful to the baby - early cord clamping.What is Early Cord Clamping?Early cord clamping (ECC) is defined as any method by which the cord is manipulated to...
Validation of obstetric diagnosis and procedure codes in the Danish National Patient Registry in 2017. Clin Epidemiol. 2024;16(16):121-130. doi:10.2147/CLEP.S441123 PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref See More About Pediatrics Acid Base, Electrolytes, Fluids Neonatology Critical Ca...
Objective: To report the educational experience with pregnant women considering the recovery of collective memory inherited from the care for the umbilical cord stump provided by grandmothers. Method: This case study was based on collective memory and resulted from a workshop with 20 pregnant women ...
In an era increasingly focused on quality improvement and cost containment, more emphasis is being placed on wiser utilization of medical care resources. One underutilized resource in early neonatal care is umbilical cord blood. Umbilical cord blood can be utilized for admission laboratory studies in...