An Observational Descriptive study on the scenario of Neonatal Septicemia

Abstract

Background: As the Neonatal sepsis occupies the major cause of Neonatal mortality in developing countries like India, the present study was planned to understand the scenario of the neonatal septicemia cases so as to allow the better planning and management of these cases to control and reduce the total neonatal mortality. Research Question: What are the socio demographic profiles and various reasons associated for the cause of higher incidence of Neonatal sepsis in our setup? The setting of the study was at NICU, department of Pediatrics, Government medical College, Ongole, Andhra Pradesh. A one year observational study was conducted during the period from January 2019 to January 2020 on 100 Neonatal Septicemia Patients admitted in NICU by studying their Socio demographic profiles, Parity of mothers, Preterm delivery, Birth weight and Clinical factors etc. Results: Both male and female babies suffering from Neonatal Septicemia during the above specified period were taken into study and majority of the study group (64%) were males. And among the total study group maximum 82% of cases were babies delivered to mothers came from rural area and also interestingly maximum number of cases were LBW(low birth weight) babies and preterm babies. In this study the cases were distributed inversely proportional to the parity of mother. Low birth weight (82%), poor socio-economic status (78%), male predominance (66%), Birth anoxia and Resuscitation (30%) and preterm delivery (28%) were noted as predominant predisposing factors. And finally, it was observed that deaths were more among LBL babies (23%) and Preterm babies (9%) in this study with the overall mortality (27%).