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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
200 newborns, gestational age between 27 and 43 weeks (mean 39 weeks) and a birth weight between 900 and 4600 g (mean 2600 g) were studied. 18 patients had severe infections, 20 topical infections, 11 had signs of infection but negative microbiological cultures, 26 had positive cultures but no clinical signs of infection, and 125 patients had no sign of infection at all. In the group without infection (125 patients), the micromethod erythrocyte sedimentation rate (MESR) raised slowly from 2 mm/h at birth (95% upper limit 8 mm/h) to 4 mm/h 8 days after delivery. The MESR of the patients with respiratory distress, asphyxia, intubated children and patients with umbilical catheter, who had no infection, did not differ from other patients in this group. In patients with focal and general infections, rapidly rising MESR within wide limits was observed. Thus, in the individual newborn a high MESR supports the diagnosis of severe infection, whereas a low MESR does not exclude this diagnosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0300-8878
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
Suppl 23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
143-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
The value of the micromethod erythrocyte sedimentation rate in the diagnosis of infections in newborns.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article