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ArticleClinical and experimental pediatrics2020

Risk-based maternal group B Streptococcus screening strategy is compatible with the implementation of neonatal early-onset sepsis calculator.

Niek B Achten, J Wendelien Dorigo-Zetsma, Annemarie M C van Rossum, Rianne Oostenbrink, Frans B Plötz

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Article in Clinical and experimental pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05274776 (Safely Reduce Newborn Antibiotic Exposure With the Early-onset Sepsis Calculator), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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NCT05274776 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Safely Reduce Newborn Antibiotic Exposure With the Early-onset Sepsis Calculator: a Cluster Randomized Study (EOS Calculator RCT)

TypeinterventionalSponsorprof. dr. Frans B. PlötzRan2022 to 2024Enrolled1,830ConditionsEarly-Onset Sepsis, Neonatal, EOSArmsEOS calculator
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Niek B AchtenDepartment of Paediatrics, Tergooi Hospitals, Blaricum, The Netherlands.
J Wendelien Dorigo-ZetsmaDepartment of Microbiology, Tergooi Hospitals, Blaricum, The Netherlands.
Annemarie M C van RossumDivision of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Rianne OostenbrinkDepartment of General Pediatrics, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Frans B PlötzDepartment of Paediatrics, Tergooi Hospitals, Blaricum, The Netherlands.
Tergooi · NLErasmus MC - Sophia Children’s Hospital · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe early-onset sepsis (EOS) calculator was developed and validated in a setting with routine-based group B Streptococcus (GBS) screening. PURPOSE: The study aimed to evaluate the extent of influence exerted by risk-based GBS screening on management recommendations by the EOS calculator.

methodsAll newborns with a gestational age greater than 35 weeks were screened for EOS risk factors in a Dutch regional teaching hospital using a risk-based GBS screening strategy. We calculated the EOS risk at birth and stratified the infants into the following 3 risk levels with corresponding management recommendations: low, <0.65; intermediate, 0.65-1.54; and high, >1.54 per 1000 live newborns. Thereafter, we recalculated the EOS risk and recommendation for the newborn infants without available maternal GBS screening results at birth.

resultsIn one year, 1,877 eligible births occurred; of them, 206 infants were included. Maternal GBS status was available for 28 of 206 infants (14%) at birth, while a definitive GBS status was later available for 162 of 206 infants (79%). Median EOS risk was slightly lower after definitive GBS status was determined (0.41 vs. 0.46 per 1,000 live births, P=0.004). In 199 of 206 newborn infants (97%), the EOS calculator recommendation remained unchanged after the GBS results unavailable at birth were updated to definitive GBS status. Use of GBS status at birth versus definitive GBS status did not result in the withholding of antibiotic treatment of the newborn infants included in this study.

conclusionRisk-based GBS screening is compatible with EOS calculator recommendations. Larger studies are needed to develop the best strategy for combining GBS screening and EOS calculator recommendations.

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Early-onset sepsisGroup B StreptococcusMaternal screeningNeonatalSepsis calculator

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