Frequency, characteristics, and predictors of microbiologically documented nosocomial infections after cardiac surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 456-460

  Michalopoulos, Argyris ^a,b,c   Geroulanos, Stefanos ^b   Rosmarakis, Evangelos S ^c   Falagas, Matthew E ^c,d  

^a HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^c ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Nosocomial infection; Open heart surgery; Postoperative complications; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33644970612     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.12.035     Document Type: Article

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