The imperfect science of neonatal sepsis

Dustin D Flannery^{1

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3}, Karen M Puopolo^{4

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6}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
² Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁴ Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Karen.Puopolo@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
⁵ Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Karen.Puopolo@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Karen.Puopolo@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

Comment

Dustin D Flannery et al. Pediatr Res. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;91(4):733-734.

doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01863-2. Epub 2021 Nov 20.

Dustin D Flannery^{1

2

3}, Karen M Puopolo^{4

5

6}

¹ Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
² Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁴ Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Karen.Puopolo@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
⁵ Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Karen.Puopolo@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Karen.Puopolo@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

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Neonatal sepsis definitions from randomised clinical trials.
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