Healthcare-associated infection in pediatric patients on extracorporeal life support: The role of multidisciplinary surveillance

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 546-550

  Brown, Kate L ^a   Ridout, Deborah A ^b   Shaw, Mike ^a   Dodkins, Iris ^a   Smith, Liz C ^a   O'Callaghan, Maura A ^a   Goldman, Allan P ^a   Macqueen, Susan ^a   Hartley, John C ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Nosocomial infection; Pediatric intensive care

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CANNULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINITIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEPSIS; STERNUM; THORAX; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MEDIASTINITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL STAFF COMMITTEES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 33750828024     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000243748.74264.CE     Document Type: Article

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