Role of guidelines on length of therapy in chorioamnionitis and neonatal sepsis

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 992-998

  Kiser, Courtney ^a   Nawab, Ursula ^a   McKenna, Kristin ^a   Aghai, Zubair H ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Duration of antibiotics; Infection; IT ratio; Neonates

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL RATIO; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION;

BACTEREMIA; DURATION OF ANTIBIOTICS; INFECTION; IT RATIO; NEONATES;

AMPICILLIN; BACTEREMIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 84901847927     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-2927     Document Type: Article

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