Variation in Current Management of Term and Late-preterm Neonates at Risk for Early-onset Sepsis: An International Survey and Review of Guidelines

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 494-500

  Van Herk, Wendy ^a   El Helou, Salhab ^b   Janota, Jan ^c,d   Hagmann, Cornelia ^e   Klingenberg, Claus ^f,g   Staub, Eveline ^h   Giannoni, Eric ⁱ   Tissieres, Pierre ^j   Schlapbach, Luregn J ^k,l   Van Rossum, Annemarie M C ^a   Pilgrim, Sina B ^m   Stocker, Martin ⁿ  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Thomayer's Teaching Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

ⁱ LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^j ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^l LADY CILENTO CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

ⁿ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

biological markers; early onset sepsis; newborn disease; sepsis; sepsis diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; EARLY ONSET SEPSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LATE PRETERM NEONATE; LOW RISK PATIENT; NEONATOLOGIST; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PEDIATRICIAN; POSTMATURITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERM BIRTH; AUSTRALIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NEONATAL SEPSIS; NEWBORN; NORTH AMERICA; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUSTRALIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SEPSIS; NORTH AMERICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84954348657     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001063     Document Type: Article

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