Prospective cohort study exploring the neurodevelopmental outcomes following documented neonatal sepsis in Nepal: study protocol
Swechhya Vaidya, Manu Raj, Remya Sudevan, Jayasree Chandramathi, Shailendra Bir Karmacharya, Kalpana Subedi, Ganendra Bhakta Raya, Dhruba Shrestha · 2024
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Swechhya Vaidya and co-authors set out the protocol for a study Nepal needs: what happens to the developing brains of babies who survive sepsis there? Newborn sepsis kills widely in low-resource settings, and its long shadow on movement and cognition is barely documented in Nepal. Two hospitals will follow a prospective cohort for two years.
Babies with documented sepsis will be assessed with a standardized infant development scale at six months and at one year after diagnosis. The primary aim is the prevalence of neurodevelopmental delay in this group; the secondary aim links delay to probable risk factors through regression. The authors frame the study as groundwork for follow-up services that currently do not exist for these survivors.
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| CREATOR | Swechhya Vaidya, Manu Raj, Remya Sudevan, Jayasree Chandramathi, Shailendra Bir Karmacharya, Kalpana Subedi, Ganendra Bhakta Raya, Dhruba Shrestha |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |