Audit of Antibiotic Prescribing Practices for Neonatal Sepsis and Measurement of Outcome in New Born Unit at Kenyatta National Hospital

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:15.09em"/><col style="width:9.93em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Clinical features(not documented)</td><td class="align_center">Frequency % (n=320)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Convulsions</td><td class="align_center">252(41.1)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Lethargy</td><td class="align_center">65(10.6)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Bulging fontanel</td><td class="align_center">35(5.7)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Lower chest wall indrawing</td><td class="align_center">76(12.4)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Grunting</td><td class="align_center">128(20.9)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cyanosis</td><td class="align_center">24(3.9)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Pallor</td><td class="align_center">18(2.9)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Jaundice</td><td class="align_center">16(2.6)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Audit of documentation of clinical features.</div>

International Journal of Pediatrics

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Table 2: Audit of Antibiotic Prescribing Practices for Neonatal Sepsis and Measurement of Outcome in New Born Unit at Kenyatta National Hospital 