Summary:
Neonatal sepsis is one of the most important causes of
mortality and morbidity especially in developing countries.
Management of such cases is difficult, costly and need expert
centers in many cases. Therefore, identification of the risk
factors and their predictive values may help optimizing its
management. With the above idea this case-control study
was done to see the effects of maternal and neonatal risk
factors and to find their predictive values in the development
of neonatal sepsis. Fifty cases and fifty suitably matched
controls were enrolled in the study and different maternal,
natal and newborn factors were compared. Many risk factors
were found to have influence in the development of neonatal
sepsis. Among them the maternal intrapartum fever, foul
smelling liquor, young mother (< 20 yrs), poor income