Can Base Excess be Used for Prediction to Early Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis in Preterm Newborns?

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Arayici S., Simsek G. K., Canpolat F. E., Oncel M. Y., Uras N., Oguz S. S.

MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES, vol.11, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 11
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.4084/mjhid.2019.014
  • Journal Name: MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Base excess, Newborn, Sepsis, C-REACTIVE PROTEIN, LATE-ONSET SEPSIS, NEUTROPHIL CD64, PRESEPSIN, INTERLEUKIN-6, INFECTIONS, ACCURACY, MARKERS
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background: Neonatal sepsis remains an important and potentially life-threatening clinical syndrome and a major cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. The aim of this study to investigate whether values of base excess before the onset of clinical signs and symptoms of sepsis indicate infection in the early diagnosis of neonatal sepsis.