Central line-related sepsis in acute burn patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-170

  Still, Joseph M ^a   Law, Edward ^a,d   Thiruvaiyaru, Dharma ^c   Belcher, Keith ^b   Donker, Keith ^a  

^a Burn Center   (United States)

^b AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Physicians Multispecialty Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BURN; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031885816     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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