Neonatal Bacterial Infection - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9535111248 ISBN 13 : 9789535111245

Editeur : IntechOpen, 2013

Synopsis

Neonatal sepsis still remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the newborn, particularly in preterm, low birth weight infants. Despite advances in neonatal care, overall case-fatality rates from sepsis may be as high as 50%. Clinical signs of bacterial infection are vague and non-specific, and up to now there exists no easily available, reliable marker of infection despite a large bulk of studies focussing on inflammatory indices in neonatology. Every neonatologist is faced with the uncertainty of under- or over- diagnosing bacterial infection. In this book three topics will be discussed: clinical presentation including a general approach to sepsis neonatorum and two distinct diagnoses pneumonia and osteomyelitis diagnostic approaches including C-reactive protein and the immature myeloid information, and prevention and treatment of bacterial infection with immunoglobulins.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: IntechOpen
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9535111248
• ISBN 13: 9789535111245
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 106
• Éditeur: Resch Bernhard
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible