Neonatal Sepsis
Analysis reaffirms there is ‘no safe level of cigarettes’ before, during pregnancy
Even one or two cigarettes a day before or during pregnancy can increase the risk for several health complications in newborns, study results published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health showed.
Antibiotic stewardship works in NICUs, more evidence shows
Findings from a literature review published in Pediatrics provided more evidence that antimicrobial stewardship reduces antimicrobial use in NICUs without an increase in adverse events.
Intrapartum azithromycin reduces sepsis, mortality for mothers but not neonates
Azithromycin administered to women in labor during planned vaginal delivery reduced their risks for sepsis and death, but not their newborns’ risks for sepsis and death, according to findings presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.
10 stories for the 10th annual World Sepsis Day
Monday marks the 10th annual World Sepsis Day, an initiative established in 2012 by the nonprofit Global Sepsis Alliance to raise awareness of sepsis, which kills at least 11 million people each year worldwide.
Neonatal early-onset sepsis calculator reduces use of empirical antibiotics
Use of a clinical risk stratification tool called the neonatal early-onset sepsis, or EOS, calculator was associated with a substantial reduction in the use of empirical antibiotics for suspected EOS, according to findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.