A Study of Clinical Manifestations among clinical sepsis and Blood Culture Positive Sepsis Patients in NICU

Dr Madhav A; Dr Babu Francis VJ

Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2018

A Study of Clinical Manifestations among clinical sepsis and Blood Culture Positive Sepsis Patients in NICU

Dr Madhav A, Dr Babu Francis Vj

Abstract :

Neonatal Sepsis is the most important cause of morbidity and Mortality in developing countries. Neonatal sepsis is diagnosed when Generalized systemic features are associated with pure growth of bacteria from one or more sites. In developing countries, neonatal mortality (death in the first 28days of life per 1000 live births) due to all causes is about 34 per 1000 live births, most of these deaths occur in the first week of life. In developing countries sepsis is the commonest cause of mortality responsible for 30% to 50% of 5 million neonatal deaths every year. A Sincere effort has been put in this study to understand Clinical Manifestations among clinical sepsis and Blood Culture Positive Sepsis Patients in NICU