Comparison between replacement at 4 days and 7 days of the infection rate for pulmonary artery catheters in an intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1353-1358

  Chen, Yin Yin ^a,b   Yen, David Hung Tsang ^a   Yang, Yang Guang ^b   Liu, Cheng Yi ^a   Wang, Fu Der ^a   Chou, Pesus ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Catheterization; Colonization; Intensive care unit; Nosocomial infection; Pulmonary artery catheter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAINTENANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037986376     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000059433.79220.2B     Document Type: Article

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