title: Hemostatic profile in neonatal septicemia.
abstract: Hemostatic profile was studied in 25 full term non-asphyxiated neonates with blood culture-proven septicemia. Observations were compared with that of 25 healthy, non-asphyxiated, full term, birth weight and age-matched controls. Detailed coagulation tests & platelet studies were done in each of the 50 neonates by standard techniques. Hemostatic defects occurred in 96% of the septicemic neonates and none in the control group irrespective of the occurrence of clinical bleeding. The coagulation tests were deranged in 805 and platelet function tests in 92% of patients. These tests were significantly deranged in septicemic neonates as compared to control group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alamelu
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Narayan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saili
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010314:Partial Thromboplastin Time; D010977:Platelet Factor 3 / Q000032:analysis; D010979:Platelet Function Tests; D013918:Thrombin Time
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010977:Platelet Factor 3