Open AccessTreatment Outcome and Associated Factors of Neonatal Sepsis at Mizan Tepi University Teaching Hospital, South West Ethiopia: A Prospective Observational Study
Author(s) -
Alemnew Wale,
Legese Chelkeba,
Yohannes Wobie,
Abinet Abebe
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-9927
DOI - 10.2147/phmt.s322069
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , observational study , neonatal sepsis , pediatrics , neonatal intensive care unit , low birth weight , birth weight , prospective cohort study , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Neonatal sepsis is the gravest problem in neonates, ending in significant morbidity and mortality. World wide 6.9 million neonates were spotted with potentially severe bacterial infections needing treatment and 2.6 million of them occurred in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Sepsis is the leading cause of neonatal mortality and is perhaps answerable for about 30-50% of the total neonatal deaths per year in emerging countries.