Antibiotic Treatment and Length of Hospital Stay in Relation to Delivery Mode and Prematurity.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate how 1) maternal delivery mode and 2) prematurity in infants are associated to antibiotic treatment and length of hospital stay.

Methods

Women having given birth and infants 0-12 months discharged from hospital between July 2005 and November 2011 were identified from the Swedish National Patient Register. Medical records were reviewed for 203 women and 527 infants. The risk ratio (RR) between antibiotic treatment and 1) delivery mode in women; 2) prematurity in infants was calculated. Length of stay and days of antibiotic therapy were compared by Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

Results

Women: There was an association between emergency caesarean section (CS) and antibiotic treatment (RR 5.0 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.2-11.5), but not for elective CS. Leng

SUBMITTER: Ahlen KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5055307 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature