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....
The factors associated with umbilical infection were: low educational status of mother (p = 0.026), low-income occupation of mother (p = 0.021), customary practices to accelerate umbilical cord fall off (p = 0.007), short time to cord falling off lower than 6 days (p = 0.015). ...
A newborn's belly button may bleedwhile the cord is falling off or shortly after it does. Most often, newborn belly button bleeding is not a cause for concern but a regular part of the healing process. Occasionally though, it can signal a problem. The umbilical cord supplies a fetus wit...
The factors associated with umbilical infection were: low educational status of mother (p = 0.026), low-income occupation of mother (p = 0.021), customary practices to accelerate umbilical cord fall off (p = 0.007), short time to cord falling off lower than 6 days (p = 0.015). ...
possibly from twisting of the cord around the fetus. These are easily repaired surgically. Omphalophlebitis may develop later in life in crias that were born in unsanitary conditions or had a failure of passive transfer. Patent urachus may be observed but is less common than in other species....
Fas and Fas Ligand Expression in Maternal Blood and in Umbilical Cord Blood in Preeclampsia TRACEY B. KUNTZ, ROBERT D. CHRISTENSEN, JOSEPH STEGNER, PATRICK DUFF, AND JOYCE M. KOENIG Departments of Pediatrics [R.D.C., J.S., J.M.K.] and Obstetrics and Gynecology [T.B.K., P.D.], ...