A study of red cell distribution width and neonatal sepsis at Soba University Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan.

Neonatal sepsis is one of the most critical illnesses in newborns with significant morbidity and mortality, particularly in developing countries. The present, cross-sectional, hospital-based, study was conducted to evaluate the association of red cell distribution width (RDW) with neonatal sepsis and its role as a predictive marker in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis at Soba University Hospital, during the period July 2018 to April 2019. The study population was term neonates, aged 1-28 days, who were diagnosed with neonatal sepsis, with positive blood culture.