Frequency of maternal risk factors in diagnosed cases of early neonatal sepsis.

Abstract

One of the major and important but preventable causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality is Neonatal sepsis. Objectives: To determine the frequency of maternal risk factors in diagnosed cases of early neonatal sepsis. Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study. Setting: Nursery, Department of Children Hospital and the institute of child health, Lahore. Period: 15-01-2016 to 15-07-2016. Material and Methods: After approval from hospital ethical committee, according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, 250 patients were enrolled in the study from nursery department of children hospital, Lahore. Maternal risk factors i.e. PROM, meconium stained liquor and preterm delivery were recorded along with the demographic information of each case. Results: In our study, out of 250 cases, cases between 1-2 days were 64.8% (n=162) while cases between 3 days of life were 35.2% (n=88), mean+sd was resulted as 2.17+0.69 days. Frequency of maternal risk factors in diagnosed cases of early neonatal sepsis was turned out as 64.8% (n=162) PROM, 29.6% (n=74) meconium stained liquor and preterm delivery was resulted in 21.2% (n=53). Conclusion: The leading maternal risk factor is PROM followed by meconium stained liquor and preterm delivery in diagnosed cases of early neonatal sepsis.