The effect of topical application of human milk, ethyl alcohol 96%, and silver sulfadiazine on umbilical cord separation time in newborn infants

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-38

  Ahmadpour Kacho, Mousa ^a,b   Zahedpasha, Yadollah ^a   Hajian, Karimollah ^a   Javadi, Ghasem ^a   Talebian, Hamid ^a  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Amirkola Children's Hospital Babol   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Ethyl alcohol; Newborn; Silver sulfadiazine; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN PERIOD; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD COMPLICATION; WOUND CARE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 31144433252     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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