Antibiotic use in infants at risk of early-onset sepsis: results from a unicentric retrospective cohort study.

Catalina Morales-BetancourtDiego Fontiveros-EscalonaAdriana Montealegre-PomarTania Carbayo-JiménezMaría Palomares-ErasoConcepción de Alba-RomeroElena Bergón-SendínMaria Teresa Moral PumaregaCarmen Pallás-Alonso

Published in: BMC pediatrics (2024)

The use of a departmental guideline to assess infants at risk of early-onset sepsis based on their clinical condition and prompt discontinuation of antibiotics, is a simple and low-cost measure that contributed to an important decrease in antibiotic use.

Keyphrases

early onset
low cost
late onset
septic shock
acute kidney injury
intensive care unit