A second baby graveyard has been found at the site of a maternity home for unwed mothers run by Catholic nuns in Ireland, ...

Because the signs and symptoms of sepsis are subtle and may occur with other conditions, laboratory evaluation must be performed in any infant with risk factors for or clinical signs of sepsis. A CBC ...

The bodies of hundreds of infants who died in an Irish mother and baby home are to be recovered from a septic tank where they have lain hidden in an unmarked grave for decades. As excavation work ...

Early recognition of sepsis remains challenging given heterogeneity in presentation. Existing screening tools have not yet ...

Septic shock is a potentially fatal condition that occurs when sepsis leads to life threatening low blood pressure. Ways of avoiding sepsis include minimizing the risk of infection by having all ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In order to assess and correlate the bacteriology of neonatal septic arthritis with its clinical presentation, the records of nine infants ...

In most infants, the signs and symptoms of sepsis are subtle and nonspecific. Temperature instability, lethargy, and poor feeding are commonly reported. Although fever is a common presenting sign in ...