Journal article
A high burden of late-onset sepsis among newborns admitted to the largest neonatal unit in central Vietnam
HT Tran, LW Doyle, KJ Lee, NM Dang, SM Graham
Journal of Perinatology | Published : 2015
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2015.78
Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence, causes and outcome of sepsis in hospitalized neonates in the largest neonatal unit in central Vietnam. Study Design: A 1-year prospective cohort study of newborns admitted to the neonatal unit in Da Nang. A sepsis work-up including blood culture was undertaken before commencing antibiotics for neonates with suspected sepsis. Result: Of 2555 neonatal admissions, 616 neonates had 729 episodes of suspected invasive sepsis. A pathogen was isolated from blood in 115 (16%) episodes in 106 neonates. The prevalence of early-onset sepsis (EOS) was 8 (95% confidence interval (CI): 4 to 11) per 1000 admissions, and of late-onset sep..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We thank Dr Le Thi Thanh Xuan, vice director of Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children, and Dr Tran Ngoc Thanh, director of Da Nang Hospital, for helping this study in Da Nang. Special thanks are given to the research nurse team, staff in the Neonatal Unit and the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department at Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children for supporting the study. Dr HTT received a PhD scholarship from the University of Melbourne and Da Nang City.