To assess the impact of Sepsis Risk Calculator (SRC) in safely reducing antibiotic usage and lab tests in infants evaluated for early onset sepsis (EOS) in high risk population
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DOI: 10.1542/peds.144.2_meetingabstract.691
Abstract: Background: Infants at risk for early onset sepsis (EOS) are evaluated based on current CDC/AAP guidelines (newborn nursery protocol). However, many well-appearing infants receive unnecessary empiric antibiotics despite extremely low incidence of EOS. Quantitative risk-based… read more here.
Keywords: sepsis; sepsis eos; onset sepsis; early onset ... See more keywords