Research Article
Time to Death and Its Predictors among Neonates Hospitalized with Sepsis in Eastern Ethiopia
Table 3
Treatment-related characteristics of neonates admitted with neonatal sepsis in selected public referral hospitals in Eastern Ethiopia, 2022 (
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| | Variables | Category | Status of the neonate | | Death | Censored |
| | CBC | Yes | 66 (16.6%) | 332 (83.4%) | | No | 5 (29.4%) | 12 (70.6%) |
| | Culture | Yes | 1 (5%) | 20 (95%) | | No | 70 (18%) | 324 (82%) |
| | Identified causative agent () | E.coli | 1 (7%) | 14 (93%) | | Klebsiella | 0 | 6 (100%) |
| | Type of antibiotics given | Ampicillin+gentamicin | 68 (18%) | 312 (82%) | | Gentamicin+ceftriaxone | 3 (22%) | 10 (78%) | | Ampicillin+gentamicin+vancomycin | 3 (37.5%) | 5 (62.5%) |
| | Duration of antibiotics | <7 days | 54 (17%) | 269 (83%) | | ≥7 days | 17 (18%) | 75 (82%) |
| | Feeding method | Breastfeeding | 4 (7.1%) | 52 (92.9%) | | Express feeding | 16 (10%) | 144 (90%) | | Formula feeding | 51 (25.6%) | 148 (74.4%) |
| | Other treatments/procedures | Blood transfusion | 5 (45) | 6 (55%) | | Incubator | 25 (38%) | 41 (62%) | | Glucose | 53 (22.6%) | 181 (77.4%) | | Resuscitation | 41 (21%) | 152 (79%) | | Phototherapy | 26 (40.6%) | 38 (59.4%) |
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CBC: complete blood count.
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