Objectives: This study is aimed to evaluate the role of maternal mean platelet volume (MPV) levels for antenatal prediction marker of early onset neonatal sepsis in term infants born to mothers who have low infection risk.
Material And Methods: A total of 62 pregnant women who gave birth in our hospital and whose neonates were admitted to a third level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit due to confirmed neonatal sepsis between January 2010 and May 2016 were selected as a study group. Within the same period, 68 women who gave birth to healthy neonates were enrolled as a control group. We compared maternal MPV values which were evaluated before delivery. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were drawn to evaluate the values maternal MPV in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis.
Results: MPV levels were detected statistically higher in the study group than the control group (8.27 ± 1.85 vs. 8.98 ± 1.16) (p = 0.001).
Conclusion: The maternal serum MPV level is a clinically useful, non-invasive and reliable marker in antenatal prediction of EOS.
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Mymensingh Med J
January 2025
Dr Md Arif Rabbany, Junior Consultant, Department of Neonatology, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH), Mymensingh, Bangladesh; E-mail:
Sepsis is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially in low- and middle- income countries (LMIC). It is estimated to cause almost 1 million deaths that accounts for more than 25.0% of neonatal deaths worldwide.
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December 2024
Department of Neonatal Health Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Specialized Hospital, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Phototherapy is the preferred treatment for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and has largely replaced exchange transfusions due to its effectiveness and safety. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the time to recovery and its predictors among neonates undergoing phototherapy at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Northwest Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Northwest Ethiopia. A multi-center institution-based retrospective follow-up study was conducted among 423 neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit between September 2019 and December 2023, at Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals of Northwest Ethiopia.
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December 2024
Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
December 2024
Center for International Health, LMU, Munich, Germany.
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Methods: This is a retrospective hospital records analysis.
Indian J Med Microbiol
December 2024
Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh. Electronic address:
Background: Neonatal sepsis continues to be a leading cause of mortality among the NICU admitted neonates. The most common causative organisms have been proven to be hospital-acquired organisms.
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