Early Blood Pressure Changes in Neonatal Sepsis and the Risk of Mortality.

Shiv Sajan SainiAmit Kumar ShrivastavVenkataseshan SundaramSourabh DuttaPraveen Kumar

Published in: Indian journal of pediatrics (2023)

Neonates with culture-proven and clinical sepsis had comparable BP Z-scores except low DBP and MBP in the initial few hours in culture-proven sepsis. BP in initial 54 h of sepsis was significantly associated with in-hospital mortality. SBP discriminated non-survivors better than DBP and MBP.

Keyphrases

septic shock
acute kidney injury
intensive care unit
blood pressure
risk factors
type diabetes
young adults
heart rate
cardiovascular events
coronary artery disease
adipose tissue