Outcomes and Predictors of Mortality Among Preterm Infants With Neonatal Sepsis

Assiut University

Status

Not yet enrolling

Conditions

Neonatal Sepsis

Treatments

Other: Prospective study

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06113653

Outcomes of neonatal sepsis

Details and patient eligibility

About

A prospective cross-sectional study of outcomes and predictors of mortality among preterm infants with neonatal sepsis admitted in NICU of Assiut University Children's Hospital

Full description

Neonatal sepsis is a clinical syndrome of bacteremia with systemic signs and symptoms of infection in the first 28 days of life. It can also result from viral and fungal invasions of the bloodstream It is one of the events that can occur during neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission. It contributes significantly to the morbidity of very preterm (VP: <32 weeks gestational age) and/or very low birthweight (VLBW: <1500 g) infants Sepsis is a major cause of neonatal mortality and neurodevelopmental impairment among neonates which results in death and major disability for 39% of those affected even with timely antibiotic treatment .

Globally, it is estimated that more than 1.4 million neonatal deaths annually are the consequence of invasive infections .

Infection-specific mortality varies by geographic region and neonatal risk factors like gestational age and body weight .

It contributes to nearly 30-50% of neonatal deaths in developing countries . The risk of death is highest in the first 24 h of life when more than half of deaths occur and about three-quarters of all neonatal deaths occur within the first week of life.

Enrollment

50 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

1 minute to 28 days old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria