Routine antibiotic cover for newborns intubated for aspirating meconium: is it necessary?
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| ID: sea-10310
ABSTRACT
A retrospective analysis was performed on 215 babies to evaluate the incidence of septicemia in babies intubated at birth for aspirating meconium from the trachea. Only term, appropriate for gestational age babies were included. Babies with any known perinatal risk factor for infection were excluded from the study and none of the babies had been put on "prophylactic antibiotics." There were 88 babies in the intubated group in a one year period from January 1991 to December 1991. One hundred and twenty seven babies were taken as controls. There was no significant difference in the incidence of early septicemia in the two groups. There were no deaths in either group. It is concluded that well term babies who are intubated for aspirating meconium need not be put on routine antibiotic cover.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
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Case-Control Studies
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Retrospective Studies
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Bacteremia
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Antibiotic Prophylaxis
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Intubation, Intratracheal
Type of study:
Observational study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Year:
1995
Type:
Article
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