Written by Joshua Steinberg, MD
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What is GBS guide?
GBS guide is an app that provides practical guidance on intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis and newborn management to prevent invasive GBS disease of the newborn. It is based on the 2010 guidelines from the Center for Disease Control & Prevention and contains 4 algorithms presented as a cascade of clinical decisions and in pictorial scheme. The app is intended for practicing clinicians, resident physician trainees, medical students, and others involved in pregnancy and labor care.
1. GBS guide organizes and presents the practical and hard-to-remember guidance on intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis and newborn management in order to prevent invasive GBS disease of the newborn.
2. This app is written and intended for practicing clinicians like OB's, midwives, and family physicians; for resident physician trainees; for medical students; and for any others who are involved in pregnancy and labor care such as L&D nurses, clinical educators, etc.
3. It is based upon the guidelines on this topic from the Center for Disease Control & Prevention from 2010 (version 1.0 from CDC 2002 guideline).
4. The app contains 4 algorithms each presented as a cascade of clinical decisions as well as in pictorial scheme of the entire decision flowchart.
5. A general discussion of invasive GBS disease of the newborn prevention is also provided.
6. As an educator and clinician, I am interested in feedback and I would be grateful for guidance on improving the tool.
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- Provides guidance on which moms need antibiotics in labor
- Helps in choosing between Penicillin, Ampicillin, Cefazolin, Clinda, and Vancomycin
- Guides on which moms need culture with sensitivity testing ordered on their GBS screening culture
- Helps in handling preterm labor and preterm premature rupture of membranes (PTL & PPROM)
- Guides on how to handle a mom in labor who never got her 35-37 week GBS culture or whose results are not available
- Helps in identifying babies who have been treated adequately to prophylax against GBS disease
- Guides on how to handle a baby whose mother arrived and delivered too quickly for prophylactic antibiotics to be given
- Contains a general discussion of invasive GBS disease of the newborn prevention
- Contains 4 algorithms presented as a cascade of clinical decisions and in pictorial scheme
- Intended for practicing clinicians, resident physician trainees, medical students, and others involved in pregnancy and labor care
- Written by an educator and clinician who welcomes feedback to improve the tool.
- Simple and basic decision-making tool
- Includes a fetal therapy decision tree
- Format is based on answering yes/no questions
- Illustrative and accurate information
- May not be useful for current practicing obstetricians who already know the information
- Limited target audience to students, new residents, and maternity cross-covering nurses.
Very useful for new residents!!
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