Physician documentation of neonatal risk assessment for perinatal infections.
Charts of newborn infants were reviewed for documentation of maternal risk factors and prenatal screening test results. Physician documentation was incomplete in most infants. Nearly half of all infants were discharged without documentation regarding maternal status of hepatitis B, syphilis, and group B streptococcus. These lapses in newborn assessment have a potential for significant medical errors.
Kumar
Praveen
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Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA. p-kumar@northwestern.edu
D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D010820:Physicians; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014211:Treponemal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*