P7. Pediatric Maternal-child infections

Poster Session: Maternal-Child Infections

(P-995) Increased Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) is associated with culture positive sepsis and with increased need of escalation in respiratory support in very low birth weight infants more than seven days of life undergoing sepsis workup secondary to vitals instability in the form of multiple episodes of true apneas or bradycardia and desaturations associated with apnea.