Prospective Evaluation of Adherence to French Guidelines on Early Onset Sepsis Management.

Summary

A prospective single-centre observational study from a Paris tertiary paediatric hospital assessing adherence to the 2017 French early onset sepsis guidelines. It included neonates of at least 34 weeks gestation requiring emergency transfer by the PICU retrieval team in the first 72 hours of life. Adherence to guideline-concordant antibiotic initiation or abstention was high, though inappropriate biological testing was common. This is an audit-style research report rather than a guideline, but is of some interest to retrieval and neonatal-facing PICU teams.

Summary written for PICUlearn. Always read the original.