Pediatric intensive care unit nosocomial infections epidemiology, sources and solutions

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 473-487

  Rowin, Mark E ^a   Patel, Vipul V ^b   Christenson, John C ^c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CATHETER RELATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DEVICE INFECTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NEUROSURGERY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WOUND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037969611     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0704(03)00009-5     Document Type: Review

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