Short course versus 7-day course of intravenous antibiotics for probable neonatal septicemia: A pilot, open-label, randomized controlled trial

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-24

  Saini, Shiv Sajan ^a   Dutta, Sourabh ^a   Ray, Pallab ^a   Narang, Anil ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Duration; Neonatal sepsis; Short course; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOXACILLIN; CYCLOSPORIN;

7 DAY COURSE THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMITTENT MANDATORY VENTILATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PILOT STUDY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 79954443724     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-011-0019-8     Document Type: Article

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