Clinical Features and Haematological Indices of Neonatal Septicaemia in Poor Resource Setting
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Neonatal Septicaemia in Poor Resource Settings
Neonatal septicaemia despite recent advances in hygiene and introduction of potent antibiotics has remained a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The developing countries worse as the incidence is as 56.9/1000 live birth in Nigeria. In our environment, the risk factors were low socioeconomic factors, delivery at home, maternal fever and use of traditional concoctions were the comm...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2160-8741,2160-8776
DOI: 10.4236/ojped.2016.61011