Risk factors and clinical impact of central line infections in the surgical intensive care unit

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1241-1246

  Charalambous, Charalambos ^a   Swoboda, Sandra M ^b   Dick, James ^b   Perl, Trish ^b   Lipsett, Pamela A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Depts Surg Anesthesia C   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN;

EID: 0031738476     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.133.11.1241     Document Type: Article

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