title: Meta-analysis shows that infants who have suffered neonatal sepsis face an increased risk of mortality and severe complications.
abstract: Infants suffering from neonatal sepsis face an increased risk of early death and long-term neurodevelopmental delay. This paper analyses and summarises the existing data on short-term and long-term outcomes of neonatal sepsis, based on 12 studies published between January 2000 and 1 April 2012 and covering 3669 neonates with sepsis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Infants who have suffered neonatal sepsis face an increased risk of mortality and severe complications such as brain damage and, or, neurodevelopmental delay.
authors: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors: Sabine E
authors: SE
authors: Bakhuizen
authors: Timo R
authors: TR
authors: de Haan
authors: Margreet J
authors: MJ
authors: Teune
authors: Aleid G
authors: AG
authors: van Wassenaer-Leemhuis
authors: Jantien L
authors: JL
authors: van der Heyden
authors: David P
authors: DP
authors: van der Ham
authors: Ben Willem J
authors: BW
authors: Mol
mesh_terms: D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality*
keywords: Morbidity; Mortality; Neonatal sepsis; Outcome; Prognosis