SEPSIS IN NURSERY

The study was conducted to see the clinical presentation of neonatal sepsis in our setup. A total of 200 cases were included in the study. The main presenting symptoms were poor feeding, fever, jaundice, restlessness, vomiting, fits and difficulty in breathing beside the other uncommon symptoms. The signs found were organomegaly, abnormal neonatal reflexes, jaundice, irritability, anemia, cynosis and septic spots on the body in the majority of cases.