A Prospective Study of Abnormal Neurological Findings in High-Risk Newborn with Sepsis and Low Birth Weight

Abstract

46 Infants with clinical and laboratory confirmed neonatal sepsis newborn assessed for very early neurological response in form of clenched fist, inconsolable crying, persistent asymmetric tonic neck reflex, head circumference, adductor angle, dorsiflexion angle of foot, popliteal angle, scarf sign at 1 month, 3 month and 6 month of age at time of discharge at SSG hospital Baroda India, in which we found incidents of inconsolable crying in 17.3%, persistent asymmetric tonic neck reflex in 43.4%, clenched fist in 23.9%, deviation from normal head growth in 21.7%, adductor angle in 6.5%, scarf sign in 30.4%, dorsiflexion angle of foot in 6.5%, popliteal angle in 28.2% in the low birth weight with septicemia.