High Fever In A Neonate

A very early phone call woke me announcing the illness of a neonate with the voice on the other end quite worried. The worried mother hung-up and soon arrived the hospital within the hour.

Neonatal Sepis. This was the diagnosis. Neonatal Sepsis is usually of bacterial origin and afflicts babies aged 2 months and under. The chilld had flu-like symptoms. Probably, an airway infection must have led up to Neonatal Sepsis in this case. With the child already vomitting breastfeeds, the mum was in near-panic. More later.

Comments

  1. starJuly 21, 2010 at 1:37 PM

    interesting..though im no doc, but ds is exciting...i understand some of the terms though..

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  2. Surgeon GeneralJuly 21, 2010 at 1:52 PM

    Encouraging comment. Thanks, star.

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