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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Serious Bacterial Infections in Preterm Infants: Should Their Age Be "Corrected"?

Mohamad Hadhud, Itai Gross, Noa Hurvitz, Lea Ohana Sarna Cahan, Zivanit Ergaz, Giora Weiser, Noa Ofek Shlomai, Smadar Eventov Friedman, Saar Hashavya

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohamad HadhudDepartment of Pediatrics, Hadassa-Hebrew University Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Itai GrossDepartment of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-2801-4693
Noa HurvitzDepartment of Pediatrics, Hadassa-Hebrew University Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Lea Ohana Sarna CahanDepartment of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Zivanit ErgazDepartment of Neonatology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Giora WeiserDepartment of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Noa Ofek ShlomaiDepartment of Neonatology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-5004-2397
Smadar Eventov FriedmanDepartment of Neonatology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Saar HashavyaDepartment of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem · ILShaare Zedek Medical Center · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adjusting the chronological age of preterm infants according to their gestational age is a widely accepted practice in the field of neurodevelopment. It has been suggested for the assessment of preterm infants with suspected infection, but has been poorly validated. Correcting for chronological age is especially critical in infants with a chronological age above 3 months, but a corrected age below 3 months due to the differences in assessment protocols. This study assessed the difference in incidence of serious bacterial infection (SBI) according to chronological and corrected age in preterm infants. A retrospective analysis of pediatric emergency department (PED) presentations was conducted for all 448 preterm infants born in between January 2010 and August 2019. Of the 448 preterm infants, 204 (46%) presented at one of 3 PEDs in Jerusalem, Israel, during their first year of life. Overall, 141 (31.4%) presented with fever and were included in the study. The infants were divided into 3 age groups: 1-corrected age >3 months; 2-chronological age >3 months, but corrected age <3 months; 3-chronological and corrected age <3 months. SBI was diagnosed in 2.6%, 16.7%, and 33.3% of the infants in groups 1, 2 and 3, respectively; (

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corrected ageemergency medicineex-premature infantspremature infantsserious bacterial infection

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