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Re: GBS From: Dr Eberhard W Lisse (el@lisse.na) Thu Nov 29 04:53:01 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: art fougner, md: "Re: GBS" Previous message: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: GBS" In reply to: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: GBS" Next in thread: art fougner, md: "Re: GBS" And, before I forget, of course, How much will one case of serious infection cost? Easily more than 300000. So, there *IS* even a savings... el On Nov 29, 2007, at 09:55, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: > Given the US Maternal Mortality figures, would it be possible, > perhaps, to calculate this figures for white and black patient > populations as well? > > Hmm indeed. > > el > > on 11/29/07 3:02 AM R. Daniel Braun said the following: >> In prescreening days, the serious infection rate was 1 per 2000 >> deliveries and the infestation rate was 20%. So, based on that data >> one >> would need to screen 2000 patients and treat 400 to prevent one >> serious >> infection. >> >> let me see, Screen costs at least $50 and treatment at least $500. >> 2000 X's 50 = 100,000 and 400 X's 500 200,000. That means it costs >> somewhere around $300,000 to prevent 1 case of severe infection. That >> doesn't take in to account the complications of treating with >> Penicillin >> (allergic reactions, medication errors, etc.) or of those who >> improperly >> treat with Ampicillin (creating resistant strains of other >> organisms), > etc. >> >> Hmmmm! >> >> Dan > Next message: art fougner, md: "Re: GBS" Previous message: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: GBS" In reply to: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: GBS" Next in thread: art fougner, md: "Re: GBS"

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