Fredrick Dapaah-Siakwan

[ 1 ] - White Cell Indices and CRP: Predictors of Meningitis in Neonatal Sepsis?

Background Objective: To evaluate the utility of specific cut-off values for C- reactive protein (CRP) and immature-to-total neutrophil ratio (I/T) as screening tests for meningitis in culture negative early onset sepsis (EOS). Materials and Methods Retrospective chart review of 97 newborns with culture negative sepsis who had lumbar puncture performed as part of the sepsis evaluation in a l...