Pentoxyfilline treatment in nosocomial sepsis of preterm infants
Abstract
Purpose: Nosocomial sepsis is the most common acquired infection. Despite appropriate antibiotic treatment, mortality and morbidity of sepsis are still high. We aimed to evaluate the effect of pentoxifylline on prognosis of neonatal nosocomial sepsis in premature infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Materials and Methods: Eighty newborns diagnosed as nosocomial sepsis were included in this study. Forty of them received pentoxifylline treatment in addition to antibiotics, while the other 40 did not receive additional treatment and formed the control group. The sex, mode of delivery, gestational age, birth weight, Apgar scores at the 1st and 5th minutes, surfactant therapy, ventilator therapy and presence of early onset sepsis were compared between the case group and the control.
Results: There was no statistical difference between groups according to gestational week, gender, birth weight, mortality, neutrophil count or procalcitonin level at the time of diagnosis. Also, there was not any statistical difference according to duration of hospitalization between the bronchopulmonary dysplasia or necrotizing enterocolitis groups.
Conclusion: Pentoxifylline has no significant impact on mortality and morbidity of preterm nosocomial sepsis.
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