Abstract

FERNANDEZ DIAZ, Nayvi; DUQUE DE ESTRADA RIVERON, Johan  and  DIAZ CUELLAR, Fe. Morbidity and mortality from early neonatal sepsis. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2010, vol.82, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3119.

INTRODUCTION. A retrospective, cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted during the five-year period between January, 2003 and December, 2007. The aim of present paper was to characterize the behavior of the newborn (NB) diagnosed with early neonatal infection seen in the Neonatal Intensive Care of Gynecology and Obstetrics Teaching Provincial Hospital, Matanzas province. METHODS. Study group included 13 362 live birth newborn documented from 2003 to 2007. Sample also included all newborn admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit. RESULTS. Incidence and mortality rates from this cause showed a raise during the five-year period. Patients diagnosed were mainly of low-weight male sex, white race and pre-term. In more than a half of the cases there were risk perinatal factors registered. The more frequent presentation way was the systemic sepsis. The complementary examinations were positive in the quarter of patients. The use of Dobutamine is lower than it is prescribed for treatment of neonatal sepsis and the mechanical ventilation usually is complicated. CONCLUSIONS. There are solid theoretical basic principles supporting the need to develop an action protocol to decrease the morbidity and mortality rate from early neonatal sepsis.

Keywords : Newborn; sepsis; morbidity; mortality.

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