TY - JOUR T1 - Recommendations for the care of the umbilical cord in the newborn JO - Anales de Pediatría (English Edition) T2 - AU - Leante Castellanos,José Luis AU - Pérez Muñuzuri,Alejandro AU - Ruiz Campillo,César W. AU - Sanz López,Ester AU - Benavente Fernández,Isabel AU - Sánchez Redondo,María Dolores AU - Rite Gracia,Segundo AU - Sánchez Luna,Manuel SN - 23412879 M3 - 10.1016/j.anpede.2019.01.009 DO - 10.1016/j.anpede.2019.01.009 UR - https://analesdepediatria.org/en-recommendations-for-care-umbilical-cord-articulo-S234128791930078X AB - The care of the umbilical cord until its detachment still remains controversial. The latest updated recommendations by the World Health Organisation advocate dry cord care in those countries with adequate obstetric care and low neonatal mortality rate. In recent years, new studies and reviews attribute some benefit to applying chlorhexidine on the umbilical stump. An analysis is presented here of the available evidence and results in the advisability of still recommending the dry cord care in the newborns in our setting. ER -