hygienic umbilical care is believed to reduce umbilical colonization, infection, tetanus, and sepsis, but the role of antiseptic cord care in reducing infections is unclear. Although studies in ...
In light of alcohol's limited effect on decreasing colonization, and its deleterious effect of prolonging cord separation time, it is not recommended as a routine treatment for umbilical cord care.
In this situation, both the mother and the baby are at risk for several complications including infections ... at risk of injury and a prolapsed umbilical cord. Transverse lie is the most serious ...
Infection of the area around the umbilical cord stump is the main concern. To help prevent infections: Keep the cord clean. Although we used to recommend washing with alcohol, studies showed it ...
It is important to watch the umbilical cord stump for infection. Infections are often not very common, but can spread very quickly when they do occur. Some pointers to infection may include fever ...
Sam Querrey tells ESPN.com that he recently suffered an umbilical cord infection and underwent minor surgery. "It was kind of hurting one day, and then it started to get kind of inflamed and red ...
Cord serum specimens were obtained from 129 infants born after term pregnancies not complicated by infection and compared with those from 31 infants born after pregnancies in which an infection ...
Frequent Urinary Tract Infections are common in the spinal cord injury population with an average incidence of 2-3 episodes per patient per year. Urinary tract infections are the most common cause of ...
[Courtesy] Monica Mueni, a 75-year-old mother of eight, had been using cow dung to cure her children’s umbilical ... the cord stump, but in many cases, it led to neonatal deaths after infections.
In the womb, the umbilical cord runs from your mom to you ... which can lead to staph infections. It shows up in noses, throats, hair, and, yes, even belly buttons. But the researchers also ...
Researchers found that compared with natural infection, maternal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV ... time elapsed from maternal RSV vaccination to delivery impacts transfer of maternal antibodies ...