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October 28, 2019

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:…

December 5, 2018

AAP Releases Updated Guidance on Neonates with Suspected or Proven Early-Onset Sepsis

AAP Press Release: The American Academy of Pediatrics offers new guidance on diagnosing and managing serious infections in infants born at less than 34 weeks gestation and those born at…

March 30, 2018

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…