Epidural catheter tip cultures: Results of a 4-year audit and implications for clinical practice

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 360-367

  Simpson, R S ^a   Macintyre, P E ^a,b   Shaw, D ^a   Norton, A ^a   McCann, J R ^a   Tham, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesic technique: epidural, extradural; Anesthetic technique: epidural, extradural, catheter; Complications: colonization, contamination, epidural abscess

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE;

EID: 0034234343     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rapm.2000.5672     Document Type: Article

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