OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of 2 cord-care regimens (salicylic sugar powder vs chlorhexidine as a 4% detergent water solution) on cord separation time and other outcomes in preterm infants. METHODS A prospective, randomized, controlled trial was conducted on 244 preterm newborns with a gestational age of <34 weeks and a birth weight of <2500 g. All preterm newborns were enrolled, regard...

stem cells are naïve or master cells. this means they can transform into special 200 cell types as needed by body, and each of these cells has just one function. stem cells are found in many parts of the human body, although some sources have richer concentrations than others. some excellent sources of stem cells, such as bone marrow, peripheral blood, cord blood, other tissue stem cells and hu...

Background Bacterial colonization during and shortly after birth are common in newborn infants. The aim of this study was to determine the umbilical cord bacterial colonization in newborn infants rooming in with mothers and neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Materials and Methods In a cross-sectional study, 180 newborn infants were studied in three groups including: newbo...

background: umbilical cord blood (ucb) is an alternative source of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (hsct), used in leukemia treatment. cd26+ cells, a fraction of cd34 positive cells, are a major population of ucb cells which negatively regulate the in vivo homing and engraftment of hscs. cd26 is highly expressed in various cells such as hscs, immune cells, fibroblasts, and epithelial ce...

human umbilical cord matrix (hucm) is considered as a promising source of mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) due to several advantages over other tissues. the potential of neural differentiation of hucm-mscs is of great interest in the context of treating neurodegenerative diseases. in recent years, considerable efforts have been made to establish in vitro conditions for improving the differentiatio...

Umbilical cord nonseverance (UCNS) is the practice of leaving umbilical attached to placenta after delivery. Limited case reports exist revealing adverse outcomes UCNS. We report a neonatal omphalitis associated with Escherichia coli bacteremia and urinary tract infection

Introduction and Objectives: Annually one million newborns die due to the umbilical cord infection. Thus, in this study, we aimed toevaluate the effect of topical aloe vera gel on umbilical cord complications. Methods: This randomized clinical trial was performed in maternity ward of Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad, Iran The samples were selected through convenience sampling and were randomly divided i...

Tumors of the umbilical cord are rare anomalies and should be considered when using prenatal ultrasound for detection of cystic lesions. Differential diagnosis of umbilical cord tumors should comprise umbilical cord teratoma, hemangioma and angiomyxoma. It can also be an umbilical cord polyp, umbilical cord cyst, hernia into the cord and omphalocele, which are mostly isolated findings, except o...

One of the traditional methods for umbilical cord care in Indonesia is campuh method, which uses turmeric and betel leaves. The purpose this research to find out how mothers Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) perform newborns using method Sukawana Village, Curug District, Serang City, Banten Province. This a descriptive qualitative with case study design. Interviews were conducted who used tak...

Historically, in midwifery and obstetric care, the umbilical cord was not usually clamped until all pulsation of the cord had ceased. This is now referred to as delayed cord clamping or DCC (not clamping umbilical cord before two minutes of life). During the last one hundred years with changes in the ways women give birth, especially the shift toward hospital based birth in the Western world, i...