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Neonatal sepsis is a type of neonatal infection and specifically refers to the presence in a newborn baby of a bacterial blood stream infection (BSI) (such as meningitis, pneumonia, pyelonephritis, or gastroenteritis) in the setting of fever.
Nov 2, 2021 · 56 Citations. 11 Altmetric. Metrics. Abstract. Sepsis remains a significant cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Neonatal sepsis...
- Istemi Han Celik, Morcos Hanna, Fuat Emre Canpolat, Fuat Emre Canpolat, Mohan Pammi
- 2021
Oct 1, 2020 · Neonatal sepsis, or illness caused by systemic bacterial infection, is a major cause of paediatric morbidity and mortality. The 2015 Global Burden of Disease study identified neonatal sepsis as the third most common cause of newborn …
Neonatal sepsis is a diagnosis made in infants less than 28 days of life and consists of a clinical syndrome that may in-clude systemic signs of infection, circulatory shock, and mul-tisystem organ failure. Neonatal sepsis may be divided into two types: early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) and late-onset neonatal sepsis (LONS).
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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 ...
- James L. Wynn, Hector R. Wong
- 10.1016/B978-0-323-35214-7.00152-9
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Nov 6, 2021 · 32 Citations. 11 Altmetric. Metrics. Abstract. Introduction. Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of infant mortality worldwide with non-specific and varied presentation. We aimed to catalogue...
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Sepsis represents a major contributor to global mortality and has been declared as a priority by the WHO.1 The highest sepsis incidence across all age groups is found in neonates affecting an ...
