Publications by authors named "Halima Career"

Early-onset sepsis (EOS) refers to sepsis with onset before 72 hours of life. Kaiser Permanente Calculator (KPC) or EOS risk calculator is an advanced multivariate risk model for predicting EOS in infants. Objective To examine the EOS risk calculator effect for predicting neonatal EOS, the necessity for laboratory tests, antibiotic usage, and length of hospital stay among the term and late-preterm newborns.

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Background On March 3, 2020, the first case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was reported by the Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Within days, the government confirmed more cases and adopted lockdown measures with travel restrictions from March to June 2020. A distinctive coronavirus was isolated from 190,823 patients by June 30.

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