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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Perinatol. 2021 May 10;40(4):407–414. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1728829

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

The heart rate characteristics (HRC) index and neonatal sequential organ failure assessment (nSOFA) scores for cases diagnosed as late-onset sepsis with bacteremia or necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), sepsis-like illnesses, and sepsis ruled out. (A) Mean HRC index was higher from 48 hours before to 24 hours after blood culture for cases of late-onset sepsis (LOS) or NEC compared with events diagnosed as sepsis-like illness or sepsis ruled-out (*p < 0.05). (B) nSOFA scores were higher for events diagnosed as LOS or NEC than those where sepsis was ruled out (*p < 0.05 at all-time points), but were not different from sepsis-like illnesses.