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Value of endotracheal aspirate cultures versus blood cultures in predicting sepsis in ventilated preterm and full term neonates /

Dalia Badawy Mohamed

Value of endotracheal aspirate cultures versus blood cultures in predicting sepsis in ventilated preterm and full term neonates / قيمة المزارع الحنجرية مقارنة بمزارع الدم فى اكتشاف تلوث الدم لدى المبتسرين و حديثى الولادة على جهاز التنفس الصناعى Dalia Badawy Mohamed ; Supervised Laila Hussein Mohamed , Ola Abdelmeneam Elsisy , Nermin Ramy Mohamed - Cairo : Dalia Badawy Mohamed , 2011 - 117 P. : charts ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics

Sepsis is a common complication in the NICU. The incidence of neonatal sepsis is 1-5/1000 livebirth and its mortality rate is 5-20%. Mechanical ventilation plays an important role because artificial airways bypass the body's defense against inhaled pathogens and offer new routes for non airbome pathogens



Blood cultures Mechanical ventilation Neonatal sepsis