C-reactive protein- and clinical symptoms-guided strategy in term neonates with early-onset sepsis reduced antibiotic use and hospital stay: a quality improvement initiative

BACKGROUND: Early-onset sepsis (EOS) is a potentially life-threatening complication of birth. Clinical symptoms are often unspecific and biomarkers have low predictive values for EOS. Therefore, clinical suspicion often leads to antibiotic therapy in neonates with a negative blood culture. In the st...

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Autores principales: Gyllensvärd, Johan, Ingemansson, Fredrik, Hentz, Elisabet, Studahl, Marie, Elfvin, Anders
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7678045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33218324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02426-w

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7678045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33218324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02426-w

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