Neonatal Infection in Midwifery

Hyperbilirubinemia and Neonatal Infection

Introduction: Hyperbilirubinemia is a relatively common disorder among infants in Iran. Bacterial infection and jaundice may be associated with higher morbidity. Previous studies have reported that jaundice may be one of the signs of infection. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence rate, presentation time, severity of jaundice, signs and complications of infection within neonata...

Hyperbilirubinemia and Neonatal Infection

Introduction: Hyperbilirubinemia is a relatively common disorder among infants in Iran. Bacterial infection and jaundice may be associated with higher morbidity. Previous studies have reported that jaundice may be one of the signs of infection. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence rate, presentation time, severity of jaundice, signs and complications of infection within neonatal...

Short-term prognosis of definitive neonatal infection

Neonatal Infection

INFECTION among the new born babies of a maternity hospital nursery always gives rise to anxiety and engenders a feeling that all is not well with the nursery technique, although this may be quite unjustifiable. However, the problem is one which interests the medical and nursing staff and involves the bacteriologist in extensive investigations if any attempt is to be made to trace the infection...

Complement activation in neonatal infection.

To investigate the usefulness of indices of complement activation in the diagnosis of infections in the neonatal period, activation products C4d, Ba, and C3d were measured in 42 babies with a putative diagnosis of infection based on clinical/laboratory criteria, and compared with conventional clinical and haematological criteria of infection and with C reactive protein. The diagnosis of sepsis ...