Experts say bacterial infections are responsible for more infant deaths than is generally recognised, and things may get ...

Early signs of sepsis may include very fast breathing. These signs require immediate emergency attention, as neonatal sepsis (which can occur within the first 90 days of life) is a leading cause of ...

The retrospective cohort study analysed serial blood samples from 252 patients (111 paediatric, 72 maternity, and 69 neonatal cases) with suspected sepsis. Patients were classified by infection type ...

Roche's IL-6 immunoassay has received IVDR certification for use in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis. IL-6 has been studied as a biomarker of severity for inflammatory conditions like SARS-CoV-2 and ...

Ten per cent were culture-confirmed and predicted by low GA. To reduce the impact of suspected neonatal sepsis in least developed countries, improved maternal and antenatal care and development of ...

The retrospective cohort study evaluated IL-6’s diagnostic performance using serial blood samples from 252 patients with suspected sepsis, drawn from paediatric (n=111), maternity (n=72), and neonatal ...

Objective: Early-onset sepsis (EOS) remains an important issue in neonatal units. Characteristics of EOS from China have not been fully revealed yet. Our aim is to investigate epidemiology, ...

Background: Although intrapartum antimicrobial prophylaxis has lowered the incidence of early onset group B Streptococcus (GBS) sepsis ... register of all neonatal infections.

More information is needed to distil which specific risk factors, symptoms and signs are most indicative of early-onset neonatal sepsis. Additionally more evidence is needed to provide us with a ...

Why did the nonprofit Leapfrog Group give five Palm Beach County hospitals failing grades, ratings for patient safety? Here's ...