title: A cost-outcome description of the septic work-up for bacterial infection in neonates in a tertiary care hospital.
abstract: Analysis of the septic work-up of 194 neonates at Women's College Hospital, Toronto, showed that the only antepartum condition predicting neonatal sepsis was the mother being on antibiotics. The only postnatal condition predicting sepsis was a maternal postpartum white blood cell count over 11,000. The average cost for tests for a septic work-up in these 194 mother-neonate pairs was $71.48 (Canadian dollars), and the average cost of tests to find a septic case was $1,066.77.
authors.affiliation: University of Ottawa.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000191:economics; D015982:Bias; D005260:Female; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016017:Odds Ratio; D009864:Ontario; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics