Nosocomial sepsis risk score for preterm infants in low-resource settings

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-89

  Rosenberg, Rebecca E ^a   Ahmed, A S M Nawshad U ^b,c   Saha, Samir K ^c   Chowdhury, M A K Azad ^c   Ahmed, Saifuddin ^a   Law, Paul A ^d   Black, Robert E ^a   Santosham, Mathuram ^a   Darmstadt, Gary L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Kumudini Women's Medical College   (Bangladesh)

^c DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Neonate; Nosocomial; Prematurity; Sepsis; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

APNEA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; JAUNDICE; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PALLOR; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREMATURITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGH SCORE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VALIDATION STUDY;

BANGLADESH; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77951643738     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp061     Document Type: Article

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