Trends in umbilical cord care: Scientific evidence for practice

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 4 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 211-222

  McConnell, Tammy P ^a,b,c   Lee, Connie W ^a,b,c   Couillard, Mary ^a,b,c   Sherrill, Windsor Westbrook ^a,b,c  

^a Greenville Technical College   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACITRACIN; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; GENTAMICIN; HEXACHLOROPHENE; NEOMYCIN; POVIDONE IODINE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TRIPLE DYE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLEANING; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NAUSEA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NURSING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN TOXICITY; SKIN ULCER; UMBILICAL CORD; VOMITING; WOUND CARE;

EID: 11144326957     PISSN: 15273369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.nainr.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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