using platelet count and its indices to identify infection in newborns
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: P968- Other specified conditions originating in the perinatal period
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/11/047047
- Lead Sponsor
- Rohilkhand Medical College and Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care unit with signs and symptoms of sepsis and / or
born to mothers having risk factors for sepsis.
2. Parents who has given consent.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Neonates having congenital and acquired cause of thrombocytopenia and platelet indices
other than sepsis i.e., Autoimmune allo-immune platelet disorders.
2.Neonates with any congenital abnormality, Hyaline membrane disease, congenital heart
disease.
3. Neonates with metabolic disorders, known chromosomal abnormalities, intrauterine growth
restriction or birth asphyxia.
4. mothers who have taken antibiotics within 48 hours of delivery.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To study correlation between platelet count and its indices (MPV, PDW) and neonatal sepsis. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: ONE YEAR <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine if there is difference in platelet indices among <br/ ><br>a. Term and preterm <br/ ><br>b. Early versus late onset sepsisTimepoint: ONE YEAR