PEDIATRICS Quality Report: A Collaborative Multicenter QI Initiative To Improve Antibiotic Stewardship in Newborns

SOURCE: Dmitry Dukhovny, Madge E. Buus-Frank, Erika M. Edwards, Timmy Ho, Kate A. Morrow, Arjun Srinivasan, Daniel A. Pollock, John A.F. Zupancic, DeWayne M. Pursley, Donald Goldmann, Karen M. Puopolo,…

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PEDIATRICS: Newborn Antibiotic Exposures and Association With Proven Bloodstream Infection

SOURCE: Newborn Antibiotic Exposures and Association With Proven Bloodstream Infection. Joseph Schulman, William E. Benitz, Jochen Profit, Henry C. Lee, Grace Dueñas, Mihoko V. Bennett, Maria A.L. Jocson, Roy Schutzengel, Jeffrey B. Gould. Pediatrics, Oct 2019, e20191105; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-1105 A companion commentary to this article can be found online at www.pediatrics.org/cgi/doi/10.1542/peds.2019-2576. OBJECTIVES:…

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Pediatrics Video Abstract: Adherence of Newborn-Specific Antibiotic Stewardship Programs to CDC Recommendations

  REFERENCE: Timmy Ho, Madge E. Buus-Frank, Erika M. Edwards, Kate A. Morrow, Karla Ferrelli, Arjun Srinivasan, Daniel A. Pollock, Dmitry Dukhovny, John A.F. Zupancic, DeWayne M. Pursley, Roger F. Soll, Jeffrey D. Horbar. Adherence of Newborn-Specific Antibiotic Stewardship Programs to CDC Recommendations. Pediatrics, Dec 2018, 142 (6) e20174322; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-4322 BACKGROUND: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the Core…

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PEDIATRICS: Early Antibiotic Exposure and Weight Outcomes in Young Children

REFERENCE: Jason P. Block, L. Charles Bailey, Matthew W. Gillman, Doug Lunsford, Matthew F.Daley, Ihuoma Eneli, Jonathan Finkelstein, William Heerman, Casie E. Horgan, Daniel S. Hsia, Melanie Jay, Goutham Rao, Juliane S. Reynolds, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Jessica L. Sturtevant, Sengwee Toh, Leonardo Trasande, Jessica Young, Christopher B. Forrest, on behalf of the PCORnet Antibiotics and Childhood Growth Study Group. Early Antibiotic Exposure and Weight Outcomes in Young Children. Pediatrics, Dec 2018, 142 (6) e20180290; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-0290…

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Study in Pediatrics: Clinical Monitoring of Well-Appearing Infants Born to Mothers With Chorioamnionitis

Reference: Neha S. Joshi, Arun Gupta, Jessica M. Allan, Ronald S. Cohen, Janelle L. Aby, Brittany Weldon, Juliann L. Kim, William E. Benitz, Adam Frymoyer. (2018). Clinical Monitoring of Well-Appearing Infants Born to Mothers With Chorioamnionitis. Pediatrics 141(4), e20172056; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-2056 BACKGROUND: The risk of early-onset sepsis is low in well-appearing late-preterm and term infants…

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Study in Pediatrics: Chorioamnionitis and Management of Asymptomatic Infants ≥35 Weeks Without Empiric Antibiotics

Click here for the full article. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Management of asymptomatic infants ≥35 weeks’ gestation born to mothers with chorioamnionitis remains controversial, with many clinicians considering the need for…

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