News tagged with neonatal sepsis
Researchers find multiple tests needed to detect infection in low birth-weight newborns
New research by Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine finds that cultures commonly used to detect bacterial infections in low birth-weight newborns with early onset ...
Pediatrics
Feb 20, 2013 |
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Breast milk reduces risk of sepsis and intensive care costs in very-low-birth-weight infants
Feeding human breast milk to very-low-birth-weight infants greatly reduces risk for sepsis and significantly lowers associated neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) costs, according to a study by Rush University Medical Center ...
Health
Feb 06, 2013 |
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Rainfall, brain infection linked in sub-Saharan Africa
(Medical Xpress)—The amount of rainfall affects the number of infant infections leading to hydrocephalus in Uganda, according to a team of researchers who are the first to demonstrate that these brain infections ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 04, 2013 |
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Clean delivery kits linked to substantial reduction in neonatal deaths in South Asia, study shows
Providing clean delivery kits and improving birthing practices could halve the number of neonatal deaths following home births in South Asia, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust.
Health
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Costly treatment 'ineffective for babies'
(Medical Xpress) -- A worldwide study involving University of Sydney researchers has concluded that a costly and controversial treatment for neonatal sepsis is ineffective.
Health
Sep 30, 2011 |
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Streptococci and E. coli continue to put newborns at risk for sepsis
Bloodstream infections in newborns can lead to serious complications with substantial morbidity and mortality. What's more, the pathogens responsible for neonatal infections have changed over time. In recent years, however, ...
Health
Apr 25, 2011 |
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