It is likely that the majority of late preterm infants who remain in the NICU past 3 days of life are relatively healthy and therefore are not automatically evaluated for sepsis. If a sepsis ...

Overuse of antibiotics early in life may increase the risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) or mortality in very ...

Neonatal sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. Clinical diagnosis is difficult and no reliable diagnostic test exists. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a central mediator ...

who was born with a serious infection after doctors “missed” the dancer’s sepsis. The former Strictly Come Dancing dancer said her baby daughter was born “very premature” and needed to ...

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that very preterm infants (VPIs) who were at ...

MRI reports of all preterm infants born at or referred ... or early referral had not been considered. We excluded infants with sepsis and a later scan, as we considered this combination ...

Globally, it is acknowledged that breast milk is essential for ill and premature babies, reducing risks of sepsis and ...

The early use of azithromycin does not prevent the development of chronic lung disease in premature babies, finds new research ... reduce the risk of postpartum sepsis and death among women ...

Anyone with an infection can get sepsis, but that there are some people more at risk including those who have recently had ...

Early and late onset sepsis results in significant mortality in extremely preterm infants, but little is known about sepsis outcomes in late preterm infants. Methods: This is an observational ...