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

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OBJECTIVES: To compare blood pressures (BP) between neonates with culture-proven sepsis and clinical sepsis in the first 120 h of sepsis onset and to examine association between BP and in-hospital mortality.

METHODS: In this cohort study, consecutively enrolled neonates with 'culture-proven' sepsis [growth in blood/ cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) within 48 h] and clinical sepsis (sepsis workup negative, cultures sterile) were analyzed. Their BP was recorded every 3-hourly for initial 120 h and averaged in 20 time-epochs of 6 h each (0-6 h to 115-120 h). BP Z-scores were compared between neonates with culture-proven vs. clinical sepsis and survivors vs. non-survivors.

RESULTS: Two hundred twenty eight neonates (102-culture-proven and 126-clinical sepsis) were enrolled. Both groups had comparable BP Z-scores except significantly lower diastolic BP (DBP) and mean BP (MBP) in 0-6 and 13-18 time-epochs in culture-proven sepsis group. Fifty-four neonates (24%) died during their hospital stay. BP Z-scores in the initial 54 h of sepsis were independently associated with mortality [systolic BP (SBP) Z-scores in first 54 h, DBP Z-scores in first 24 h, and MBP Z-scores in first 24 h] after adjusting for gestational age, birth weight, cesarean delivery, and 5-min Apgar score. On receiver operating characteristic curves, SBP Z-scores showed better discriminative ability than DBP and MBP to identify non-survivors.

CONCLUSIONS: 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.

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CommentIn: Indian J Pediatr. 2023 Nov;90(11):1071-1072. - PMID 37587383

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:90

Enthalten in:

Indian journal of pediatrics - 90(2023), 11 vom: 24. Nov., Seite 1096-1102

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Saini, Shiv Sajan [VerfasserIn]
Shrivastav, Amit Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Sundaram, Venkataseshan [VerfasserIn]
Dutta, Sourabh [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Praveen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Arterial pressure
Blood pressure
Infant, Newborn
Journal Article
Neonatal sepsis

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Date Completed 23.10.2023

Date Revised 06.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Indian J Pediatr. 2023 Nov;90(11):1071-1072. - PMID 37587383

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12098-023-04597-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357283430