Open AccessNeonatal Early Onset Sepsis: Impact of Kaiser Calculator in an Italian Tertiary Perinatal Center
Author(s) -
Eleonora Pontello,
Valentina Favero,
Nicoletta Mainini,
Francesca Tormena,
Michela Giovannini,
Beatrice Galeazzo,
Anna Chiara Frigo,
Paola Lago
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000003342
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , gestational age , incidence (geometry) , antibiotics , neonatal sepsis , blood culture , pediatrics , gestation , calculator , pregnancy , biology , genetics , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , computer science , optics , operating system
Suspected early-onset sepsis (EOS) results in antibiotic treatment and blood withdraw of a substantial number of neonates who are uninfected. We evaluated if the EOS calculator can reduce antibiotic exposure and invasive procedures for suspected EOS in term and late preterm neonates, without any significant increase in adverse outcomes.