Are vital signs indicative for bacteremia in newborns?


Yapicioglu H., Ozlu F., SERTDEMİR Y.

JOURNAL OF MATERNAL-FETAL & NEONATAL MEDICINE, vol.28, no.18, pp.2244-2249, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Objective: Neonatal systemic infection is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality both in industrialized and developing countries. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate if vital signs had a predictive power in neonatal sepsis as an early marker.