Associations between maternal bacteremia during the peripartum period and early-onset neonatal sepsis: a retrospective cohort study.

Introduction: Early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) significantly impacts neonatal morbidity and mortality, with maternal bacteremia during the peripartum period being a potential risk factor. This study aims to explore the association between peripartum maternal bacteremia and EONS.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study at the Women's Wellness and Research Center in Doha, Qatar (2015-2019) compared women with and without bacteremia, based on blood cultures taken from up to seven days before to 48 h after delivery, examining the association with EONS.

Extended minimal enteral feeding and time to regain birth weight in extremely low-birth-weight infants.

Background: Minimal enteral feeding after birth has been developed as a strategy to enhance the functional maturation of the gastrointestinal tract. This study aimed to examine the relationship between the duration of minimal enteral feeding and time to regain birth weight in extremely low-birth-weight infants.

Methods: This retrospective study included all extremely low-birth-weight infants born between January 2018 and December 2020.