فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background: One of the most common umbilical abnormalities in neonates is umbilical granuloma, causinginflammation and drainage. The common treatment is application of a 75% silver nitrate stick. This study wascarried out to compare the effect of 2 and 24 hours salt (NaCl) in treatment on infant umbilical granuloma.Methods: From January 2004 to January 2006, at Neonatal ICU and Infant Follow-up Clinic of Imam Reza Hospital,Mashad University of Medical Sciences, Mashad, Iran, two groups including 20 infants with umbilical granulomaundergoing a 24 hours treatment with salt as the case group and 20 infants undergoing a 2 hours treatmentwith salt as the control group were compared.Results: There were18 boys and 22 girls. The treatment days in case and control groups were 1.2+0.6 and2.1+0.4, respectively and the difference was statistically significant. In either group, there were no significantdifferences between sex, birth weight, time of umbilical separation and age of enrollment.Conclusion: 24-hours treatment of umbilical granuloma with salt was shown to be more effective than the 2-hours treatment method.