FREQUENCY OF NEONATAL SEPSIS AMONG NEONATES PRESENTING WITH SEIZURES

BACKGROUND: Neonatal seizures may be the first and sometimes only clinical symptom of neonatal central nervous system disease. indicate an underlying treatable cause. Therefore, identification is important in management high-risk newborns. OBJECTIVE: To determine frequency sepsis among neonates presenting with seizures. Settings: Department child health, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar. Duration: 6 months 13/10/2018 to 13/4/2019. Study Design: Descriptive (cross sectional) study. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this study a total 195 patients were observed. All subjected detailed examination like general physical, neurological detail systemic complete set baseline investigations. From all neonates, 5cc venous blood was obtained under strict aseptic technique sent hospital laboratory for measuring TLC, Absolute neutrophil count, CRP platelet count confirm presence or absence sepsis. RESULTS: mean age 10 days standard deviation ±8.36. Fifty eight percent male while 42% female. More over had 58% didn’t CONCLUSION: Our concludes that