Early childhood antibiotic utilization for infants discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine antibiotic utilization for NICU infants, as compared to non-NICU infants, in the first 3 years after birth hospital discharge.

Study design

Retrospective observational study using data from Medicaid Analytic Extract including 667 541 newborns discharged from 2007-2011. Associations between NICU admission and antibiotic prescription were assessed using regression models, adjusting for confounders, and stratified by gestational age and birth weight.

Results

596 999 infants (89.4%) received ≥1 antibiotic, with a median of 4 prescriptions per 3 person-years (IQR 2-8). Prescribed antibiotics and associated indication were similar between groups. Compared to non-NICU infants (N = 586 227), NICU infants (N = 81 314) received more antibiotic prescriptio

SUBMITTER: Flannery DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9262761 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature