The normal range of separation time of the umbilical cord in Iraqi Newborn

Autor:	Khalid M Abdul-Wahid, Adil K Zghair
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty medicine.anatomical_structure Obstetrics business.industry medicine General hospital Separation time Prospective cohort study business Umbilical cord Normal range
Zdroj:	International Journal of Paediatrics and Geriatrics. 3:16-18
ISSN:	2664-3693 2664-3685
Popis:	A prospective study was performed on 150 healthy term newborn babies who had been examined in postnatal ward of gynecology and obstetrics department at Al-Mahmodyia general hospital during the period from of April to December 2019. Among the total 150 surveyed cases, 71 cases were males (47%), 79 cases were females (53%). The mean time of umbilical cord separation for the male cases was 8.5 days, whereas that of the female cases was 8.3 days. In the studied newborns, the mean time of umbilical cord separation was 8.4 days, shortest documented time of separation was 4 days (3 cases) while the longest time of separation was 14 days (one case only). Most of the cases; 71 (47.33%) cases had separated the umbilical cord in the time period (>8 to 11 days), whereas the least group separated the UC in the time period (>11 days).
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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