http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123531601/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
401 newborns were prospectively followed and clinical signs and CRP values were recorded and blood culture results were compared.
Conclusion: In this selected population of infants with suspected sepsis, apnoea and hypotension are independently predictive of a confirmed diagnosis, while bradycardia is more predictive among preterm infants and tachypnea among term infants.
Apnea, hypotension and CRP were independently predictive of positive blood culture.
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