Variations in central venous catheter-related infection risks among Canadian neonatal intensive care units

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 505-511

  Chien, Li Yin ^a   Macnab, Ying ^b,c   Aziz, Khalid ^d   Andrews, Wayne ^d   Mcmillan, Douglas D ^e   Lee, Shoo K ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Centre for Community Child Health Research   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central venous catheters; Infection; Neonatal intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CANADA; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STATISTICS;

BACTEREMIA; CANADA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEPTICEMIA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS; SEPSIS;

EID: 0035990401     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200206000-00006     Document Type: Article

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