Evidence-Based Neonatal Infections

Evidence-Based Neonatal Pharmacotherapy

Burden of neonatal infections in developing countries: a review of evidence from community-based studies.

INTRODUCTION Infections are a major contributor to newborn deaths in developing countries. Majority of these deaths occur at home without coming to medical attention. The Millennium Development Goal for child survival cannot be achieved without substantial reductions in infection-specific neonatal mortality. We describe the burden of neonatal infections in developing countries and discuss the n...

An Evidence-Based Review Of Neonatal Emergencies

A 5-day-old boy is brought into the emergency department for poor feeding and lethargy. The patient is the full-term product of a vaginal delivery to a healthy mother who received routine prenatal care. He had been eating well—2 oz of formula every 2 hours—until today, when he began sucking poorly and taking less than half an ounce with each feeding. He has been afebrile, and the review of his ...

Evidence-based interventions for neonatal abstinence syndrome.

This review aimed to determine best nursing practice by systematically and critically reviewing the appropriate literature and expert guidelines. Using keyword and literature databases, over 480 journal titles were reviewed. Twenty-four articles and three expert guidelines were chosen. The majority of articles selected as evidence were Level IV--opinions of respected authorities based clinical ...

Ceftazidime in neonatal infections.

Ninety one neonates received 108 courses of intravenous ceftazidime (25 mg/kg, 12 hourly) over a study period of 15 months. Fourteen had clinically and bacteriologically proved infections. Only one of these had resistant organisms. Four (two with group B beta haemolytic streptococcal infections, one with Escherichia coli meningitis, and one with Staphylococcal aureus septicaemia) failed to resp...