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Original Article

Safety of physical examination alone for managing well-appearing neonates ≥35 weeks’ gestation at risk for early-onset sepsis

Alberto BerardiUnità Operativa di Terapia Intensiva Neonatale, Azienda Ospedaliero – Universitaria Policlinico, Modena, Italy, Correspondence[email protected]
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Sara FornaciariUnità Operativa di Terapia Intensiva Neonatale, Azienda Ospedaliero – Universitaria Policlinico, Modena, Italy,
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Cecilia RossiUnità Operativa di Terapia Intensiva Neonatale, Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio-Emilia, Italy,
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Viviana PatiannaUnità Operativa di Terapia Intensiva Neonatale, Azienda Ospedaliero – Universitaria Policlinico, Modena, Italy,
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Maria Letizia Bacchi ReggianiDipartimento Cardiovascolare, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy,
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Filippo FerrariStruttura Complessa di Microbiologia e Virologia, Azienda Ospedaliero – Universitaria Policlinico, Modena, Italy, and
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Isabella NeriDipartimento Materno-Infantile, Azienda Ospedaliero – Universitaria Policlinico, Modena, Italy
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Fabrizio FerrariUnità Operativa di Terapia Intensiva Neonatale, Azienda Ospedaliero – Universitaria Policlinico, Modena, Italy,
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Pages 1123-1127 | Received 01 Jul 2014, Accepted 16 Jul 2014, Published online: 10 Sep 2014

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Alberto Berardi, Cecilia Rossi, Caterina Spada, Giulia Vellani, Isotta Guidotti, Angela Lanzoni, Milena Azzalli, Irene Papa, Chiara Giugno & Laura Lucaccioni. (2019) Strategies for preventing early-onset sepsis and for managing neonates at-risk: wide variability across six Western countries. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 32:18, pages 3102-3108.
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