Topical Umbilical Cord Care for Prevention of Infection and Neonatal Mortality | Zendy

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Topical Umbilical Cord Care for Prevention of Infection and Neonatal Mortality

Author(s) -

Jamlick Karumbi,

Mercy Mulaku,

Jalemba Aluvaala,

Mike English,

Newton Opiyo

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

the pediatric infectious disease journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028

H-Index - 140

eISSN - 1532-0987

pISSN - 0891-3668

DOI - 10.1097/inf.0b013e3182783dc3

Subject(s) - umbilical cord , medicine , grading (engineering) , neonatal sepsis , quality of evidence , intensive care medicine , sepsis , health care , chlorhexidine , cord , obstetrics , randomized controlled trial , surgery , dentistry , civil engineering , engineering , economics , anatomy , economic growth

Umbilical cord care varies often reflecting community or health-worker beliefs. We undertook a review of current evidence on topical umbilical cord care. Study quality was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation system, and a meta-analysis was conducted for comparable trials. Available moderate-quality to high-quality evidence indicate that cord cleansing with 4% chlorhexidine may reduce the risk of neonatal mortality and sepsis (omphalitis) in low-resource settings.

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