Management of newborns born to mothers with chorioamnionitis: Is it time for a kinder, gentler approach?

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 340-344

  Shakib, Julie ^a   Buchi, Karen ^a   Smith, Elizabeth ^a   Young, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chorioamnionitis; early onset sepsis; newborns

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS;

EID: 84928310637     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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