Bourke E
Aust J Adv Nurs. 1990 Dec-Feb;7(2):19-22.
This research project was undertaken at a teaching hospital to determine whether no treatment of newborns' umbilical cords was more effective than the current treatment employed. One hundred and three babies were included in the study. The cords of babies nursed in one postnatal ward were not treated (trial group); babies nursed in another postnatal ward became the control group whose cords were treated with spirit (alcohol 70%) and ties. Cords separated earlier for the trial group (mean 6.4 days) than the control group (mean 8.04 days) and mothers of trial group babies reported fewer problems with umbilical cords than those of control group babies.
该研究项目在一家教学医院开展，旨在确定不处理新生儿脐带是否比现行治疗方法更有效。103名婴儿被纳入研究。在一个产后病房护理的婴儿脐带未作处理（试验组）；在另一个产后病房护理的婴儿成为对照组，其脐带用酒精（70%乙醇）和脐带扎带进行处理。试验组脐带脱落时间早于对照组（平均6.4天对8.04天），试验组婴儿的母亲报告的脐带问题少于对照组婴儿的母亲。
