Clinical practice guideline: evaluation and management of well-appearing febrile infants 8 to 60 days old

RH Pantell, KB Roberts, WG Adams, BP Dreyer… - …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
Background Efforts to develop an evidence-based approach to the evaluation and
management of young febrile infants have spanned more than 4 decades. 1 In the 1970s …

Parenteral antibiotic therapy duration in young infants with bacteremic urinary tract infections

S Desai, PL Aronson, V Shabanova, MI Neuman… - …, 2019 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: To determine the association between parenteral antibiotic duration and
outcomes in infants≤ 60 days old with bacteremic urinary tract infection (UTI). METHODS …

Management of well-appearing febrile young infants aged≤ 90 days

B Burstein, MP Lirette, C Beck… - Paediatrics & Child …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The evaluation and management of young infants presenting with fever remains an area of
significant practice variation. While most well-appearing febrile young infants have a viral …

Improving guideline-concordant care for febrile infants through a quality improvement initiative

CE McDaniel, E Kerns, B Jennings, S Magee… - …, 2024 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES We aimed to examine the impact of a quality improvement (QI) collaborative
on adherence to specific recommendations within the American Academy of Pediatrics' …

Factors associated with adverse outcomes among febrile young infants with invasive bacterial infections

CM Pruitt, MI Neuman, SS Shah, V Shabanova… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To determine factors associated with adverse outcomes among febrile young
infants with invasive bacterial infections (IBIs)(ie, bacteremia and/or bacterial meningitis) …

Time to blood culture positivity by pathogen and primary service

CE MacBrayne, MC Williams, A Prinzi… - Hospital …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES Initiation and continuation of empirical antimicrobial agents for a 48–72-hour
observation period is routine practice in the diagnosis and treatment of infants and children …

Early onset sepsis calculator-based management of newborns exposed to maternal intrapartum fever: a cost benefit analysis

CL Gong, S Dasgupta-Tsinikas, KM Zangwill… - Journal of …, 2019 - nature.com
Objective To determine potential net monetary benefit of an early onset sepsis calculator-
based approach for management of neonates exposed to maternal intrapartum fever …

Time to positive blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures in febrile infants≤ 60 days of age

ER Alpern, N Kuppermann, S Blumberg… - Hospital …, 2020 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: To determine the time to positivity for bacterial pathogens and contaminants
in blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cultures in a cohort of febrile infants≤ 60 days of age …

Serious bacterial infections in neonates presenting afebrile with history of fever

S Ramgopal, LW Walker, MM Tavarez, AJ Nowalk… - …, 2019 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND: Infants≤ 28 days of age with fever are frequently hospitalized while
undergoing infectious evaluation. We assessed differences in rates of serious bacterial …

Time to positive blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures in hypothermic young infants

NM Potisek, J Morrison, ME St. Ville… - Hospital …, 2024 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Hypothermia in young infants may be secondary to an
invasive bacterial infection. No studies have explored culture time-to-positivity (TTP) in …