Septic emboli caused by vascular catheters after surgery for congenital heart disease

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 845-847

  Erez, Eldad ^a   Sharoni, Erez ^a   Ovadia, Boaz ^a   Vidne, Bernardo A ^a   Dagan, Ovadia ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arterial catheters; Cardiac surgery; Complications; Congenital heart disease; Pediatric; Septic emboli; Vascular catheters

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034066939     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200003000-00039     Document Type: Article

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