Comparison between two and twenty-four hours salt powder in treatment of infant umbilical granuloma

الملخص EN

Background : one of the most common umbilical abnormalities in neonates is umbilical granuloma, causing inflammation and drainage.

The common treatment is application of a 75 % silver nitrate stick.

This study was carried 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 granuloma undergoing a 24 hours treatment with salt as the case group and 20 infants undergoing a 2 hours treatment with 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 and 1.2 + 0.6, respectively and the difference was statistically significant.

In either group, there were no significant differences 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.