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1 day ago · Empiric use of ampicillin and cefotaxime, compared with ampicillin and gentamicin, for neonates at risk for sepsis is associated with an increased risk of neonatal death. Pediatrics . 2006;117(1):67-74.
5 days ago · Clinicians variably obtain anaerobic blood cultures as part of sepsis evaluations in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
11 hours ago · The paediatric airway is distinctly different from the adult airway in the following ways: 1,2. It has a smaller diameter and shorter length. The paediatric larynx is situated higher and more anteriorly. Children have larger heads relative to their body size. Children’s tongues are larger relative to the size of their oropharynx.
5 days ago · Topics: inborn errors of metabolism, respiratory distress, sepsis. A late preterm female infant is born via lower segment cesarean delivery at 36 weeks and 6 days of gestation to a gravida 3, para 2 woman with an uncomplicated pregnancy and adequate prenatal care.
2 days ago · When performing nursing care for a neonate after birth, which intervention has the highest nursing priority? A. Obtain a dextrostix B. Give the initial bath C. Give the vitamin K injection D. Cover the neonates head with a cap A healthy term neonate born by C-section was admitted to the transitional nursery 30 minutes ago and placed under a radiant warmer.
3 days ago · Assess updated guidance for the prevention of Staphylococcus aureus infection, including methicillin-resistant S aureus and methicillin-susceptible S aureus, in the neonatal intensive care unit, based on pragmatic, scenario-based recommendations from the Society for Health Epidemiology of America.
2 days ago · Diagnosis and treatment of sepsis and septic shock are fundamental for emergency clinicians, and include knowledge of clinical and laboratory indicators of subtle and overt organ dysfunction, infection source control, and protocols for prompt identification of the early signs of septic shock.
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