Reduction in the use of diagnostic tests in infants with risk factors for early-onset neonatal sepsis does not delay antibiotic treatment

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 144, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Duvoisin, Gilles ^a   Fischer, Céline ^a,b   Maucort Boulch, Delphine ^b,c,d   Giannoni, Eric ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; C reactive protein; Complete blood count; Group B Streptococcus; Newborn infant

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATECHOLAMINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY ONSET NEWBORN SEPSIS; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RISK FACTOR; THERAPY DELAY; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; SEPSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; UTILIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84903794708     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2014.13981     Document Type: Article

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