TY - JOUR JF - RJMS JO - RJMS VL - 2 IS - 0 PY - 1996 Y1 - 1996/3/01 TI - CLINICAL , LABORATORY FINDINGS AND PROGNOSIS OF NEONATAL SEPSIS: SURVEY OF 100 CASES TT - بررسی علائم بالینی، یافته های آزمایشگاهی و میزان مرگ و میر نوزادان مبتلا به سپسیس N2 - In order to evaluate the frequency of clinical and laboratory findings of neonatal sepsis in Tehran, a retrospective study was carried out in 100 newborns who were admittedin newborn service of Ali Asghar Children Hospital with diagnosis of neonatal sepsis and eventually had positive blood cultures. 56% of this patients were above 1 week of age (late neonatal sepsis) and 44% were below 1 week (early neonatal sepsis). Among infected newborns, 67% were male and 33% were female. The frequency of clinical findings was: decreased reflexes (74%), poor feeding 44% , lethargy 34%, Jaundice 31%, hypothermia 25%, respiratory distress 24% J vomiting 19%, cyanosis 18% , hyperthermia 18% and irritability 17%. Other findings included: Leukopenia 22% , increased band cells 28% , thrombocytopenia 36%, prolonged PIT 26% and PT 20% . With early diagnosis and treatment 82% of the patients recovered completely. SP - 248 EP - 253 AU - Arab Mohammad Hosseini, A. AD - KW - 1) Sepsis 2) Leukopenia 3) Early neonatal sepsis 4) Late neonatal sepsis UR - http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1861-en.html ER -