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Risk factors for early sepsis in very low birth weight neonates with respiratory distress syndrome
Author(s) -
Shani Laliv,
Weitzman Dahlia,
Melamed Rimma,
Zmora Ehud,
Marks Kyla
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00571.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , respiratory distress , cohort , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , apgar score , caesarean section , low birth weight , cohort study , univariate analysis , birth weight , neonatal sepsis , logistic regression , pregnancy , surgery , multivariate analysis , physics , biology , optics , genetics
Aim: To identify maternal and neonatal factors that increase suspicion of early sepsis in Very Low Birth Weight neonates with respiratory distress syndrome. Methods: The cohort included 282 neonates born at Soroka Medical Centre 1996–2000. Definitions of ‘high’ and ‘low’‐suspicion groups for early sepsis were based on comparison between neonates with early sepsis and the remaining cohort. Univariate analysis and logistic regression were used to compare between groups. Results: The incidence of early sepsis in the cohort was 1.8%, and 94% received antibiotics following delivery. Comparing with the remaining cohort, the five neonates with early sepsis had increased incidence of positive maternal cultures, use of antenatal antibiotics, lower 1 min Apgar scores and tendency to leucopenia. A ‘low‐suspicion’ group comprised 38% of the cohort and did not include any neonates with early sepsis. This group were more frequently treated with antenatal steroids and delivered by Caesarean section compared to the ‘high‐suspicion’ group, but otherwise there were no clinical and laboratory differences. Conclusion: Although the incidence of early sepsis is low almost all neonates received antibiotics. A ‘low‐suspicion’ group was defined and the role of antibiotic treatment in this group needs to be determined.