Publications by authors named "Annalise Van Meurs"
Background: Given the lack of evidence-based guidelines for hypothermic infants, providers may be inclined to use febrile infant decision-making tools to guide management decisions. Our objective was to assess the diagnostic performance of febrile infant decision tools for identifying hypothermic infants at low risk of bacterial infection.
Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of a retrospective cohort study of hypothermic (≤36.
Background And Objective: Hypothermia in young infants may be secondary to an invasive bacterial infection. No studies have explored culture time-to-positivity (TTP) in hypothermic infants. Our objective was to compare TTP of blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cultures between pathogenic and contaminant bacteria in hypothermic infants ≤90 days of age.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Numerous decision tools have emerged to guide management of febrile infants, but limited data exist to guide the care of young infants presenting with hypothermia. We evaluated the variation in care for well-appearing hypothermic young infants in the hospital and/or emergency department setting between participating sites.
Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of well-appearing infants ≤90 days old across 9 academic medical centers from September 1, 2016 to May 5, 2021.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of bacteremia and meningitis (invasive bacterial infection [IBI]) in hypothermic young infants, and also to determine the prevalence of serious bacterial infections (SBI) and neonatal herpes simplex virus and to identify characteristics associated with IBI.
Study Design: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of infants ≤90 days of age who presented to 1 of 9 hospitals with historical or documented hypothermia (temperature ≤36.0°C) from September 1, 2017, to May 5, 2021.