Rahmatollah Nazari
background
Background: Neonatal sepsis is a systemic
inflammatory reaction against infection that occurs in the first 28 days of
life. Neonatal sepsis is one of the main
causes of disability and death in the neonatal period all over the world. In the whole world, approximately 1.6 million
deaths occur annually due to neonatal sepsis, and 40% of them are in developing
countries.
Objective: Finding the prevalence of neonatal
sepsis among hospitalized babies during the second six months of 1401, who were
admitted to Maiwand teaching hospital.
Methodology: This research is a descriptive
cross-sectional type and was conducted during the second six months of 1401 and
using documents of 222 infants admitted to Maiwand teaching hospital.
Results: in
general, the number of newborns admitted to Maiwand Teaching Hospital during
the second six months of 1401 was 222, and the prevalence of neonatal sepsis
was found in 194 or 87.39% of newborns. Among these, 105 or 54.12% are male
babies, and 89 or 45.88% are female babies.
In this research, 28.35% or 55 babies had early sepsis, and 139 or
71.65% had late sepsis.
Conclusion: The prevalence of neonatal sepsis
in this research was 87.39%, of which 105 or 54.12% were boys, 89 or 45.88%
were girls, 55 or 28.35% had early sepsis and 139 or 71.65% had The late
sepsis.
Keywords:
neonatal sepsis, prevalence, Maiwand teaching hospital.