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Sepsis Feasibility Study

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A STUDY OF VALIDITY OF HAEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN
THE DIAGNOSIS OF NEONATAL SEPSIS
Manoj Barman &Barnali Das

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In this prospective study, infants were enrolled if there were predisposing perinatal factors or if there was clinical suspicion of sepsis.The study included three groups: Group 1—infants with sepsis with positive blood cultures, Group 2—infants with probable infection with strong clinical history but negative blood cultures and Group 3—normal infants without any evidence of sepsis.
The research study can help in learning educational statistics. The research uses inferential statistics which concerned with analysis of subset of data leading to predictions or inferences …show more content…

Neonatal sepsis can be divided into two subtypes depending upon whether the onset of symptom is during first 72 hours of life or later.The term early onset neonatal sepsis refers to those infections which occur in first 72 hours oflife. It is caused by organisms prevalent in the genital tract or in the labor room.The predisposing factors include low birth weight (LBW),prolonged rupture of membranes; foul smelling liquor,multiple per vaginalexaminations, maternal fever, difficult or prolonged labor and aspiration of …show more content…

There are also recommendations for future action made. The suggestions for future action are based on statistical significance and practical significance. The researchers also avoid confusing practical and statistical significance. They just used percentage distribution in presenting their results.
There must beadequate literature review to support the study. Literature review provides a solid basis for the new study. Consent of the parents of the babies must also present because we must protect the rights of our subjects even though they are still babies. As a reader, I can say that this study will contribute an early diagnosis and treatment of neonatal sepsis. The method of selecting the sample was not clearly presented in the study. The study must have specific demographic profile of the subjects. They include preterm babies that can have high probability of having neonatal sepsis due to their weak immune system. Only term babies must be included in the

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