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The effect of umbilical cord cleansing with chlorhexidine on omphalitis and neonatal mortality in community settings in developing countries: a meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: There is an increased risk of serious neonatal infection arising through exposure of the umbilical cord to invasive pathogen in home and facility births where hygienic practices are difficult to achieve. The World Health Organization currently recommends ‘dry cord care’ because of insuff...

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Autores principales: Imdad, Aamer, Mullany, Luke C, Baqui, Abdullah H, El Arifeen, Shams, Tielsch, James M, Khatry, Subarna K, Shah, Rasheduzzaman, Cousens, Simon, Black, Robert E, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3847355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24564621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-S3-S15