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Predictors of Severe Illness in Infants by Sunu Rachmat is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This study analyzed 925 young South African infants under 60 days who presented at a hospital with illnesses. The most common illnesses requiring urgent hospital care were hyperbilirubinemia and sepsis in infants under 7 days, pneumonia, sepsis and hyperbilirubinemia in infants 7-27 days, and pneumonia and sepsis in infants 28-59 days. The clinical sign most predictive of requiring hospitalization across all age groups was not feeding well. For infants over 7 days, difficulty feeding, temperature over 37.5°

Author

Sunu Rachmat

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EN