{"id":328722,"date":"2025-03-04T18:28:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T12:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=328722"},"modified":"2025-03-04T18:28:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T12:58:42","slug":"neonatal-sepsis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/neonatal-sepsis\/","title":{"rendered":"Neonatal sepsis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> A recent study\u00a0highlighted that more than one-third of newborns diagnosed with sepsis could die, emphasizing the urgent need for improved infection prevention and antibiotic management.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Neonatal sepsis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 609px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osmose-it.s3.amazonaws.com\/JQwoHRoUTEKBP_PHOKU6L2LzT8ug-8xB\/_.jpg?resize=609%2C343&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sepsis Pathophysiology Made Easy\" width=\"609\" height=\"343\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: ar.inspiredpencil.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Neonatal sepsis is a bloodstream infection that affects infants younger than 28 days.<\/li>\n<li>Neonatal sepsis is commonly caused by bacteria such as <strong>Escherichia coli (E. coli), Listeria, and certain Streptococcus strains<\/strong>, with <strong>Group B Streptococcus (GBS)<\/strong> being a major cause of neonatal sepsis.<\/li>\n<li>Infants with neonatal sepsis may exhibit symptoms such as <strong>Temperature instability<\/strong> (fever or low body temperature), <strong>Breathing difficulties, <\/strong><strong>Diarrhea or reduced bowel movements, <\/strong><strong>Low blood sugar levels, <\/strong><strong>Decreased activity or movement, <\/strong><strong>Weak sucking reflex, <\/strong><strong>Seizures, <\/strong><strong>Abnormal heart rate<\/strong> (either too slow or too fast), <strong>Abdominal swelling, <\/strong><strong>Vomiting <\/strong>and <strong>Jaundice<\/strong> (yellowing of the skin and eyes).<\/li>\n<li>It continues to be a major cause of illness and death among newborns,<strong> particularly in middle- and low-income countries.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The condition is categorized into two types based on the timing of its onset: <strong>early-onset sepsis (EOS) and late-onset sepsis (LOS). <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>EOS occurs within the<strong> first 72 hours of life (though some experts extend this to 7 days)<\/strong>, while<strong> LOS develops at or after 72 hours of birth.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A recent study\u00a0highlighted that more than one-third of newborns diagnosed with sepsis could die, emphasizing the urgent need for improved infection prevention and antibiotic management. About Neonatal sepsis Neonatal sepsis is a bloodstream infection that affects infants younger than 28 days. Neonatal sepsis is commonly caused by bacteria such as Escherichia coli (E. coli),&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/neonatal-sepsis\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Neonatal sepsis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,12039],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-328722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}