Comparison of institutional guidelines with established early onset sepsis risk calculator in reducing antibiotic use in an inner-city NICU in US
Objectives: Early onset sepsis (EOS) incidence has decreased since national guidelines and intrapartum prophylaxis were introduced. However, there has been a rising concern in antibiotic overtreatment for suspicion of EOS. A web-based EOS calculator has recently been used to evaluate the risk in new...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716520300795 |