Risk Perception and Decision Making about Early-Onset Sepsis among Neonatologists: A National Survey.
Ligia Maria Suppo de Souza RugoloMaria Regina BentlinMaria Fernanda Branco de AlmeidaRuth GuinsburgWerther Brunow de CarvalhoSergio Tadeu Martins MarbaJoão Henrique Carvalho Leme de AlmeidaJorge Hecker LuzRenato Soibelmann ProcianoyJosé Luiz Muniz Bandeira DuarteLeni Márcia AnchietaDaniela Marques de Lima Mota FerreiraJosé Mariano Sales Alves JúniorEdna Maria de Albuquerque DinizJuliana Paula Ferraz Dos SantosCarolina Boschi GimenesNathalia Moura de Mello E SilvaLígia Lopes FerrariRegina Paula Guimarães Vieira Cavalcante da SilvaJucille MenesesWalusa Assad Gonçalves FerriMarynéa Silva do ValeHolly BrineGary M WeinerPublished in: American journal of perinatology (2020)
· Neonatologists overestimate the risk of EOS.. · There is wide variation in diagnostic/treatment thresholds for EOS.. · Clinical decision on EOS is not consistent with risk thresholds.. · Knowledge of risk may increase investigation and treatment of EOS..