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Nosocomial sepsis risk score for preterm infants in low-resource settings.
| Title | Nosocomial sepsis risk score for preterm infants in low-resource settings. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2010 |
| Authors | Rosenberg RE, Ahmed NASMU, Saha SK, Chowdhury AMAK, Ahmed S, Law PA, Black RE, Santosham M, Darmstadt GL |
| Journal | Journal of tropical pediatrics |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pagination | 82-9 |
| Date Published | 2010 Apr |
| Abstract | Sepsis is a leading cause of mortality for neonates in developing countries; however, little research has focused on clinical predictors of nosocomial infection of preterm neonates in the low-resource setting. We sought to validate the only existing feasible score introduced by Singh et al. in 2003 and to create an improved score. In a secondary analysis of daily evaluations of 497 neonates |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11832-009-0190-9 |
| Alternate Journal | J. Trop. Pediatr. |
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