Antibiotic Use in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Practicing Integrative Medicine-A Retrospective Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Background: Antibiotic use in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) remains high. Low antibiotic prescribing has been documented among physicians trained in complementary medicine. This study sought to identify if an NICU integrating complementary medicine has low antibiotic prescribing. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis at the level-2 NICU of the Filderklinik, an integrative medicine hospital in Southern Germany, to compare antibiotic use locally and internationally; to compare neonates with suspected infection, managed with and without antibiotics; and to describe use and safety of complementary medicinal products. Results: Among 7778 live births, 1086 neonates were hospitalized between 2014 and 2017. Two hundred forty-six were diagn

SUBMITTER: Vagedes J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11001955 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature