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Hospitals, Clinics. Physician performing a physical exam on a newborn baby after a Caesarean section. Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn. It is a hospital -based specialty and is usually practised in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
Nov 2, 2021 · Neonatal sepsis is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality despite advances in neonatal medicine. 4 Incidence varies from 1 to 4 cases per 1000 live births in high-income countries, but as ...
Jun 12, 2020 · Neonatal sepsis defines the systemic condition that arises from the bacterial, viral or fungal origin, associated with hemodynamic changes and clinical findings and causing severe morbidity and mortality. Its incidence varies depending on the definition of the case and the population studied and is between 1 and 5 in 1000 live births.
Apr 2, 2024 · The current study sought to ascertain the prevalence of neonatal sepsis and associated factors based on analysis of institutional records from Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) in Ghana. The study involved a retrospective cross-sectional review of randomly sampled medical records of 360 neonates CCTH from January 2018 to December 2021. Descriptive proportions and binary logistic regression ...
Neonate- small for gestational age, inadequate feeding, respiratory distress. Neonatal hypoglycemia, also called low blood sugar in newborn babies, occurs when an infant's blood glucose level is less than what is considered normal. [1] There is inconsistency internationally for diagnostic thresholds. In the US, hypoglycemia is when the blood ...
Apr 8, 2021 · Abstract. Neonatal sepsis results from acute bacterial or viral infection occurring in the first 28 days of life. It causes significant morbidity and mortality, although the outcome can be improved by early recognition and prompt treatment by health professionals. This article describes the most common causes of sepsis, and explains why ...
Jul 6, 2016 · To investigate whether the pediatric generally accepted definitions for SIRS and sepsis applied to term infants, Hofer and colleagues 10 retrospectively examined 476 term neonates and found that the generally accepted definitions applied to only 53% of cases of culture-positive early-onset sepsis. Neonatal sepsis has been inconsistently defined ...
