Risk factors and predictors of mortality in culture proven neonatal sepsis

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 358-361

  Zakariya, Bambala Puthattayil ^a   Bhat B, Vishnu ^a   Harish, Belgode Narasimha ^a   Arun Babu, Thirunavukkarasu ^a   Joseph, Noyal Mariya ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Neonatal sepsis; Predictors of mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; LETHARGY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

BACTERIA; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84862849644     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-011-0584-9     Document Type: Article

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