Title: An Observational Study of High Risk New Born: A Hospital Based Study
Authors: Kumar Shambhu Nath, Ghazi Sharique Ahmad, Md Haider Ali
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v4i7.56
Abstract
Aim: To evaluate the clinical outcome of high risk new born babies in NICU.
Methodology: complete assessment taken to all sick new born during admission in NICU and observe the clinical outcome.
Results: Data was analyzed by the MS Office software.
Conclusions: Mortality and morbidity of neonatal sepsis are high and associated with poor hygiene, low birth weight, and maternal health.
Key words: high risk new born, neonatal sepsis.
References
1. Minyahil Alebachew Woldu, Molla Belay Guta, et al. Assessment of the incidence of neonatal sepsis, its risk factors, antimicrobials use and clinical outcomes in Bishoftu General Hospital, neonatal intensive care unit, Debrezeit-Ethiopia. Int J Contemp Pediatr. 2014 Nov;1(3):135-141.
2. Gupta P, Murali MV, Faridi MM, Kaul PB, Ramachandran VG, Talwar V. Clinical profile of klebsiella septicemia in neonates. Indian J Pediatr. 1993;60(4) :565-72.
3. Dawodu A, Al Umran K, Twum Danso K. A case study of neonatal sepsis in very low birth weight infants. N Engl J Med. 2002;347:240-7.
4. Motara F, Ballot DE, Perovic O. Epidemiology of neonatal sepsis at Johannesburg Hospital. South Afr J Epidemiol Infect. 2005;20:90-3.
5. Kraus DM, Pham JT. Neonatal therapy. In: Koda- Kimble MA, Yee YL, Alldredge BK, Kradjan WA, Guglielmo BJ, Corelli RL, editors. Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs. 9th Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009.
6. Kaftan H, Kinney JS. Early onset neonatal bacterial infections. Semin Perinatol. 1998;22(1):15-24.
7. Stoll BJ, Gordon T, Korones SB, Shankaran S, Tyson JE, Bauer CR, et al. Late-onset sepsis in very low birth weight neonates: a report from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. J Pediatr. 1996;129(1):63‑71.
8. World Health Organization. Prenatal mortality. Geneva: WHO; 1996.
9. Terblanche M, Almog Y, Rosenson RS, Smith TS, Hackam DG. Statins and sepsis: multiple modifications at multiple levels. Lancet Infect Dis. 2007;7(5):358-68.
10. Newman MJ, Frimpong E, Asamoah-Adu A, Sampane-Donkor E. Resistance to antimicrobial drugs in Ghanaian-Dutch Collaboration for Health Research and Development; 2006.
11. Chacko B, Sohi I. Early onset neonatal sepsis. Indian J Pediatr. 2005;72(1):23-6.
12. B. P. Zakariya & Vishnu Bhat, et al. Neonatal Sepsis in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India: Bacteriological Profile and Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern. Indian J Pediatr: 2010.
13. Mamta Jajoo, Kapil Kapoor, et al. To study the incidence and risk factors of early onset neonatal sepsis in an out born neonatal intensive care unit of India. J Clin Neonatol 2015;4:91-5.
14. Mondal GP, Raghavan M, Bhat BV, Srinivasan S. Neonatal septicaemia among inborn and outborn babies in a referral hospital. Indian J Pediatr 1991; 58:529-33.
15. Report of the National Neonatal Perinatal Database National Neonatology Forum; 2002-2003.