Use of procalcitonin-guided decision-making to shorten antibiotic therapy in suspected neonatal early-onset sepsis: Prospective randomized intervention trial

Neonatology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-174

  Stocker, Martin ^a   Fontana, Matteo ^a   El Helou, Salhab ^a   Wegscheider, Karl ^b   Berger, Thomas M ^a  

^a Children's Hospital of Lucerne   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic therapy; Early onset sepsis; Intervention study; Procalcitonin; Term and near term neonates

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; DECISION MAKING; DRUG MONITORING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349262651     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000241296     Document Type: Article

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