Innovating Evaluation and Treatment of Intrapartum Fevers : Where Do We Go from Here?

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As intrapartum fevers are not always infectious in origin, determining whether antibiotics are indicated is challenging. We previously sought to create a point-of-care calculator using clinical data available at the time of an intrapartum fever to identify the subset of women who require antibiotic treatment to avoid maternal and neonatal morbidity. Despite the use of a comprehensive dataset from our institutions, we were unable to propose a valid and highly predictive model. In this commentary, we discuss why our model failed, as well as future research directions to identify and treat true intraamniotic infection. Developing a risk-stratification model is paramount to minimizing maternal and neonatal exposure to unnecessary antibiotics while allowing for early identification of women and babies at risk for infectious morbidity. KEY POINTS: · Determining whether antibiotics are indicated in intrapartum fever is challenging.. · Developing a risk-stratification model for febrile laboring women is critical to decreasing harm.. · A point-of-care calculator based on clinical and biomarker data is the necessary approach.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

American journal of perinatology - 40(2023), 3 vom: 18. Feb., Seite 250-254

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wilkie, Gianna L [VerfasserIn]
James, Kaitlyn [VerfasserIn]
Ona, Samsiya [VerfasserIn]
Easter, Sarah Rae [VerfasserIn]
Chou, Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Roberts, Drucilla [VerfasserIn]
Sahin, Zehra Ordulu [VerfasserIn]
Tuomala, Ruth [VerfasserIn]
Diouf, Khady [VerfasserIn]
Riley, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Prabhu, Malavika [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Journal Article

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Date Completed 31.01.2023

Date Revised 04.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1055/s-0041-1727279

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM324331584