Early hospital discharge of infants born to group B streptococci-positive mothers: a decision analysis

Early hospital discharge of infants born to group B streptococci-positive mothers: a decision analysis.

OBJECTIVE To compare the cost-effectiveness of an additional 24-hour inpatient observation for asymptomatic term neonates born to group B streptococcus (GBS)-colonised mothers with adequate intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) after an initial 24-hour in-hospital observation. DESIGN Cost-effectiveness analysis from a societal perspective. SETTING United States. POPULATION Asymptomatic...

Long-term hepatitis B vaccine in infants born to hepatitis B e antigen positive mothers.

Neonates of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive and hepatitis B encoded antigen (HBeAg) positive mothers received 10 micrograms of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine at months 0, 1, 6, or 0, 1, 2, 12, with or without immunoglobulin at birth, and were followed up to the age of 8 years for HBsAg, anti-HBc, and anti-HBs. Some were boosted at month 60. The overall vaccine protection at month ...

Early Neurodevelopment of Infants Born to Hiv-seropositive Mothers

Objective To examine neurodevelopment during the first 12 months of life in infants born to HIV infected mothers. Methods Infants born to HIV infected mothers, who were receiving prenatal zidovudine monotherapy, were followed up at the Infectious Disease Clinic, Chiang Mai University Hospital and enrolled in this study. Neurodevelopmental assessment was administered at the age of 12 months by u...

Immunoprophylaxis of infants born to hepatitis B virus exposed mothers.

Clinical Findings of Infants Born to an HIV-Positive Mother: A Hospital Based Case-Control Study in Tehran, Iran

Background There are contradictory results regarding association between maternal HIV infection and neonatal adverse outcomes. Therefore, in this study the neonates born from HIV-positive mothers compared with HIV-negative mothers were assessed in Tehran, Iran.<b...