Volume : 6, Issue : 6, June - 2017

Prevalence of late onset sepsis in very low birth weight babies in a tertiary care hospital.

Dr. Raman Sharma, Dr Kajal Khajuria, Dr. Audil Mateen

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii">Background:</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:&#10;115%"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii">Late onset sepsis is one of the major cause of morbidity and mortality in very low birth weight babies. Late onset neonatal sepsis(LONS) includes systemic infection that occur beyond 48 hours of age. Very low birth weight babies(VLBW &lt;1500 g&nbsp; birth weight )are at high risk for late onset sepsis.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:&#10;115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii">Aim and Objective</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii">: The main aim and objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of LONS in VLBW babies.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:&#10;115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii">Methods</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii">: An observational study was done in NICU&nbsp; of post graduate department of Pediatrics, G B Pant hospital, an associated hospital of GMC Srinagar from&nbsp; April 2014 to April 2015. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:&#10;115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii">Results:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii"> Out of 240 selected patients , 85 suffered&nbsp; from late onset sepsis. The majority of these patients had atleast 1 culture obtained during the first 3 days of life.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:&#10;115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii">&nbsp;</span></b></p>