Clinical Indicators of Late-Onset Sepsis Workup in Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Background Late-onset sepsis (LOS) in very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Objectives To determine the incidence of LOS workup, association, and predictive value of clinical indicators leading to culture-positive versus culture-negative sepsis workup. Methods All sepsis workups performed after 7 days of life, in neonates with birth weight of < 1,500 g were included.

Treatment of intermediate-risk prostate cancer with brachytherapy without supplemental pelvic radiotherapy: a review of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center experience.

Purpose: To determine the biochemical outcomes of patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer treated at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center with an I-125 permanent seed implant without supplemental pelvic radiotherapy.

Methods And Materials: Under an institutional review board approved protocol, the charts of 88 patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer and a minimum follow-up of 36 months treated with brachytherapy without supplemental pelvic radiotherapy were reviewed.