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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2024

Prenatal and Postnatal Disparities in Very-Preterm Infants in a Study of Infections between 2018-2023 in Southeastern US.

Robin B Dail, Kayla C Everhart, Victor Iskersky, Weili Chang, Kimberley Fisher, Karen Warren, Heidi J Steflik, James W Hardin

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Robin B DailDepartment of Biobehavioral Health & Nursing Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7910-677X
Kayla C EverhartDepartment of Biobehavioral Health & Nursing Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
Victor IskerskyDepartment of Neonatology, Prisma Health Midlands, Columbia, SC 29203, USA.
Weili ChangDepartment of Pediatrics/Neonatology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA.
Kimberley FisherDepartment of Pediatrics/Neonatology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0851-3401
Karen WarrenDepartment of Biobehavioral Health & Nursing Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3928-4616
Heidi J SteflikDepartment of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2168-4926
James W HardinDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0506-5500
University of South Carolina · USDuke University · USEast Carolina University · USMedical University of South Carolina · USPrisma Health · US

Funding

Central & peripheral body temperature in VLBW preterm infants during the neonatal period: Relationship to neonatal infection and necrotizing enterocolitisR01NR017872 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI DAIL, ROBIN BRITT · 2018 to 2022
$2.9M
NINR NIH HHS R01 NR017872
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe birthrate of Black preterm (BPT) infants is 65% higher than White preterm (WPT) infants with a BPT mortality that is 2.3 times higher. The incidence of culture-positive late-onset sepsis is as high as 41% in very-preterm infants. The main purpose of this study was to examine thermal gradients and the heart rate in relation to the onset of infection. This report presents disparities in very-preterm infection incidence, bacteria, and mortality data amongst BPT and WPT infants.

methods367 preterms born at <32 weeks gestational age (GA) between 2019-2023 in five neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) were enrolled to study the onset of infections and dispositions; REDCap data were analyzed for descriptive statistics.

resultsThe 362 infants for analyses included 227 BPTs (63.7%) and 107 WPTs (29.6%), with 28 infants of other races/ethnicities (Hispanic, Asian, and other), 50.6% female, mean GA of 27.66 weeks, and 985.24 g birthweight. BPT infants averaged 968.56 g at birth (SD 257.50), and 27.68 (SD 2.07) weeks GA, compared to WPT infants with a mean birthweight of 1006.25 g (SD 257.77,

conclusionsBPTs had a higher rate of positive cultures, double the Gram-negative infections, a much higher rate of urinary tract infections, and a higher rate of mortality than their WPT counterparts. This study emphasizes the higher risk of morbidity and mortality for BPTs.

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bacteriadisparitiesinfectionmortalitypremature infant

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PMID38668531
PMCPMC11054784
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