Stratification of Risk of Early-Onset Sepsis in Newborns ≥34 Weeks’ Gestation

Abstract

It is possible to combine objective maternal data with evolving objective neonatal clinical findings to define more efficient strategies for the evaluation and treatment of EOS in term and late preterm infants. Judicious application of our scheme could result in decreased antibiotic treatment in 80,000 to 240,000 US newborns each year.