<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Introduction.</bold> The first minutes and hours after birth decide about the quality of human health and further development. Neonatology is intended to optimally lead children through this period, especially the weakest ones.<bold>Aim.</bold> The aim of this project is an estimation of sepsis (septicemia) in infants treated in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in 2 periods, and an attempt to answer what was the cause of infections, as well as comparison of infection causes in infants in the interval of 10 years.<bold>Material and methods.</bold> All infants taken to the Intensive Care Unit of the Paediatric Centre at the Central Teaching Hospital of the Medical University of Łodz, in the periods from March 2002 to February 2003 and from January 2013 to December 2013 are included to the study (retrospective). Children taken into consideration had to meet the following criteria: body mass below 2500 grams; first 48 hours of life; infants who stayed in ICU at least 3 days.</abstract>

Introduction. The first minutes and hours after birth decide about the quality of human health and further development. Neonatology is intended to optimally lead children through this period, especially the weakest ones.Aim. The aim of this project is an estimation of sepsis (septicemia) in infants treated in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in 2 periods, and an attempt to answer what was the cause of infections, as well as comparison of infection causes in infants in the interval of 10 years.Material and methods. All infants taken to the Intensive Care Unit of the Paediatric Centre at the Central Teaching Hospital of the Medical University of Łodz, in the periods from March 2002 to February 2003 and from January 2013 to December 2013 are included to the study (retrospective). Children taken into consideration had to meet the following criteria: body mass below 2500 grams; first 48 hours of life; infants who stayed in ICU at least 3 days.

Nosocomial septicemia diseases in infants with body mass below 2500g, treated in Intensive Care Unit - comparative analysis

Zakład Położnictwa Praktycznego II Katedry Ginekologii i Położnictwa

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Introduction. The first minutes and hours after birth decide about the quality of human health and further development. Neonatology is intended to optimally...

Nosocomial septicemia diseases in infants with body mass below 2500g, treated in Intensive Care Unit - comparative analysis

Publié en ligne: 28 nov. 2017

Pages: 47 - 52

Reçu: 04 févr. 2017

Accepté: 16 mai 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pielxxiw-2017-0018

Mots clés
septicemia, sepsis, prematurity

© 2016 Magdalena Kołodziej et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Nosocomial septicemia diseases in infants with body mass below 2500g, treated in Intensive Care Unit - comparative analysis

Publié en ligne: 28 nov. 2017

Pages: 47 - 52

Reçu: 04 févr. 2017

Accepté: 16 mai 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pielxxiw-2017-0018

Mots cléssepticemia, sepsis, prematurity

© 2016 Magdalena Kołodziej et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
septicemia, sepsis, prematurity