Role of White Blood Cell Count, IT Ratio and C-Reactive Protein in Early Detection of Clinically Suspected Neonatal Sepsis
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Description
Despite recent advances in neonatal care, early detection of neonatal sepsis remains challenging. Positive blood culture is the gold standard for definitive diagnosis of neonatal sepsis but is time consuming and demands a well equipped laboratory setting. Therefore, it becomes imperative to evaluate usefulness of white blood cell count, IT ratio and C-reactive protein as potential markers in the early diagnosis of neonatal sepsis. The objective of the study was to evaluate role of white blood cell count (WBC), IT ratio and C-reactive protein (CRP) in early detection of clinically suspected neonatal sepsis. This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from January 2017 to December 2018 at Special Care Newborn Unit (SCANU) of Rangpur Medical College Hospital. After parental permission and ethical clearance, a total of 70 eligible neonates were included into the study.