Abbreviations
- APACHE II
=Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation - II
- ARMS
=Amplification-refractory mutation system
- CI
=Confidence interval
- DNA
=Deoxyribonucleic acid
- EDTA
=Ethylenediaminotetraacestic acid
- EGDT
=Early Goal Directed Therapy
- EOS
=Early onset sepsis
- HWE
=Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
- ICU
=Intensive care unit
- IL
=Interleukin
- MODS
=Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
- OD
=Organ dysfunction
- OR
=Odds ratio
- PAMPs
=Pathogen-associated molecular patterns
- PCR
=Polymerase chain reaction
- PRRs
=Pattern recognition receptors
- RFLP
=Restriction fragment length polymorphism
- SAPS II
=Simplified Acute Physiology Score – II
- SD
=Standard deviation
- SNP
=Single nucleotide polymorphism
- SOFA
=Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
- SPSS
=Statistical Package for Social Sciences
- VLBW
=Very low birth weight