Evaluation of clinical symptoms, risk factors, laboratory findings, treatment and outcome of term neonates admitted to Afzalipour Hospital in Kerman with early sepsis diagnosis 1394-1396

Background: Sepsis is one of the most important causes of mortality and morbidity in neonatal period. With the diagnosis and timely treatment of the disease, and with improving the quality of obstetric care and neonatal period, we can increase the survival rate of newborns. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical signs, predisposing factors, laboratory symptoms, treatment and outcome of term infants admitted in Afzalipour Kerman Hospital with the diagnosis of early sepsis in 1394 to 1396.Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The cases of infants admitted to Afzalipour Kerman Hospital during the period 1394 to 1396 with the diagnosis of early sepsis based on clinical or laboratory diagnosis were available in census sampling Selected and examined. Clinical and laboratory findings as well as antibiotic and risk factors of maternal and neonatal factors were collected using pre-designed form. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 22 and P value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: The results showed that 59.5% of participants had male premature sepsis and 40.5% of them were motility. The most common clinical signs of tetanus include tachypnea (74%), hypo / hypertrumeria (25%) and tachycardia (5%). 14.5% of the participants had positive blood culture and 85.5% of them had negative blood culture.Conclusion: Due to the fact that sepsis is one of the most important causes of neonatal mortality, it is recommended that health education and basic symptoms of sepsis be improved by improving the quality of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Keywords:

Clinical Symptoms , Laboratory Symptoms , Sepsis , Kerman