The impact of early empirical antibiotics treatment on clinical outcome of very preterm infants: a nationwide multicentre study in China

• Main Authors: Yao Zhu (Author), Qing Yang (Author), Fan Wu (Author), Jian Mao (Author), Ling Liu (Author), Rong Zhang (Author), Wei Shen (Author), Lixia Tang (Author), Yanmei Chang (Author), Xiuzhen Ye (Author), Yinping Qiu (Author), Li Ma (Author), Rui Cheng (Author), Hui Wu (Author), Dongmei Chen (Author), Zhi Zheng (Author), Xiaomei Tong (Author), Xinzhu Lin (Author), on behalf of the Chinese Multicenter EUGR Collaborative Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Infants with rule-out infections are responsible for the majority of empirical antibiotics treatment (EAT) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), particularly very preterm infants (VPIs). Antibiotic overuse has been linked to adverse outcomes. There is a paucity of data on the...