Evaluating safety and effectiveness of the early-onset sepsis calculator to reduce antibiotic exposure in Dutch at-risk newborns: a protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
Introduction Newborns are at risk for early-onset sepsis (EOS). In the Netherlands, EOS affects less than 0.2% of newborns, but approximately 5% are treated with empirical antibiotics. These numbers form an example of overtreatment in countries using risk-factor based guidelines for administrating a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2023-02-01
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Series: | BMJ Open |
Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/2/e069253.full |