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Pediatrics. 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. Older textbooks may refer to neonatal sepsis as "sepsis neonatorum".
Oct 1, 2020 · The signs of neonatal sepsis are variable; therefore any infant with abnormal vital signs, abrupt decline in feeding, apparent change in mental status, tone, or perfusion warrants investigation for sepsis. The most commonly encountered early signs are fever, tachypnoea, lethargy, and poor feeding. 19 However, both a hypothermic baby with a low ...
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Le sepsis est le terme anglo-saxon et international employé pour caractériser une réponse inflammatoire généralisée associée à une infection grave. Le terme septicémie, créé en 1837 par le médecin français Pierre Piorry, à partir des mots grecs « Σήψις » (sêptikós), putrefaction, et « αίμα » (haîma), sang, désigne la présence de bactéries (voire de champignons ...
Depuis 2016, le sepsis est défini comme un dysfonctionnement d'un organe vital, provoqué par une réponse inappropriée de l'hôte à une infection 2 . Un sepsis peut se développer à partir de n'importe quelle infection systémique sévère. La majorité des germes responsables proviennent du tube digestif.
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 ...
- Istemi Han Celik, Morcos Hanna, Fuat Emre Canpolat, Fuat Emre Canpolat, Mohan Pammi
- 2021
Apr 20, 2017 · Neonatal sepsis is the cause of substantial morbidity and mortality. Precise estimates of neonatal sepsis burden vary by setting. Differing estimates of disease burden have been reported from high-income countries compared with reports from low-income and middle-income countries. The clinical manifestations range from subclinical infection to ...
Early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) is a serious and potentially fatal condition that affects newborns in the first 72 hours of life. In this review article, the authors summarize the current knowledge on the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of EONS, as well as the challenges and future directions for research. The article also provides an update on the microbiology of EONS ...
