2014
Ear drainage and the role of sepsis evaluations in the neonatal intensive care unit
Khattab M, Cannon‐Heinrich C, Bizzarro MJ. Ear drainage and the role of sepsis evaluations in the neonatal intensive care unit. Acta Paediatrica 2014, 103: 732-736. PMID: 24635016, PMCID: PMC4320968, DOI: 10.1111/apa.12636.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal intensive care unitIntensive care unitEar drainageSepsis evaluationCare unitTape removalMedian gestational ageExternal auditory canalGestational ageAuditory canalInflammatory processUnnecessary interventionsAnti-adhesive productDrainageInterventionEarOnsetBirthweightAdmissionCasesEvaluationWeeks
2013
Neutrophil CD64 with Hematologic Criteria for Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis
Streimish I, Bizzarro M, Northrup V, Wang C, Renna S, Koval N, Li FY, Ehrenkranz RA, Rinder HM, Bhandari V. Neutrophil CD64 with Hematologic Criteria for Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis. American Journal Of Perinatology 2013, 31: 021-030. PMID: 23456906, DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1334453.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCulture-proven sepsisClinical sepsisNeutrophil CD64CD64 indexNeonatal sepsisHematologic criteriaSingle-centre neonatal intensive care unitEarly-onset clinical sepsisNeonatal intensive care unitNeutrophil CD64 indexProspective observational cohortAbsolute neutrophil countNormal birth weightIntensive care unitAbsolute band countNegative predictive valueAdditional markersSepsis evaluationNeutrophil countObservational cohortCare unitBirth weightHematologic parametersSepsisCD64