Publications by authors named "Elissa Cohen"

Objective: To summarize the current evidence and to make recommendations for the diagnosis and management of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy.

Target Population: Pregnant people with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy.

Options: Diagnosing the condition using fasting or non-fasting bile acids, classifying disease severity, determining what treatment to offer, establishing how to monitor for antenatal fetal wellbeing, identifying when to perform elective birth.

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Objective: We reviewed cases of group B Streptococcus (GBS) sepsis in term infants at our institution to identify areas for potential prevention.

Methods: We identified cases by searching our institution's microbiology databases for all positive GBS blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures taken from infants between 2008 and 2013. Patients were included if the timing of the positive culture met the criteria for early-onset GBS disease (age 7 days or under).

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