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Women’s Health and Paediatrics CRP VERSUS I/T RATIO IN SUSPECTED NEONATAL SEPsis De Silva M, Fan WQ. The Department of Paediatrics, Northern Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Background: The management of neonatal sepsis is difficult because clinical presentations are non-specific, and laboratory testing lacks sensitivity and specificity. This retrospective study evaluates the use and effectiveness of C-reactive protein (CRP) and immature: total neutrophil ratio (I/T-ratio) as markers of the status of neonatal infection during antibiotic therapy. Methods: Retrospective patient data (n= 136) was collected on neonates of gestational age 33- 42 weeks admitted to The Northern Hospital special care nursery (SCN) for suspected neonatal sepsis treated with at least 2 days of IV antibiotics from September 2010 to August 2011. Data included: maternal risk factors, neonatal risk factors, clinical signs of neonatal infection and outcomes, CRP (measured via the turbidimetric method) and I/T-ratios (raised CRP >8.0mg/L; I/T-ratio > 0.2). The cohort was divided into clinically well and unwell subgroups. For paired data , CRP and I/T-ratio were compared statistically (well n=35, unwell n=80). Regression analysis was performed on CRP and I/T-ratio versus antibiotic duration (well n=42, unwell n=94). Results: More than 40% of all paired CRP and I/T-ratio data signaled opposite infection status. In the unwell group the paired data was significantly discordant (p
Women’s Health and Paediatrics SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF INTRAVENOUS IRON PolymalTose IN 3rd TRIMESTER of PreGNANCY: THE NORTHERN HOSPITAL PersPECTIVE Dimoska N and Hayes L. Women’s Health AND PAEDIAtrics Background Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is the most prevalent medical condition that complicates pregnancy and Hb levels
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