Bloodstream infections in pediatric ECLS: Usefulness of daily blood culture monitoring and predictive value of biological markers. the British Columbia experience

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-173

  Kaczala, Gregor W ^a   Paulus, Stephane C ^a   Al Dajani, Nawaf ^a   Jang, Wilson ^a   Blondel Hill, Edith ^a   Dobson, Simon ^a   Cogswell, Arthur ^a   Singh, Avash J ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; ECLS; ECMO; ELSO; Pediatric; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CLOXACILLIN; FIBRINOGEN; GENTAMICIN; LACTIC ACID; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 64949163288     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-008-2299-1     Document Type: Article

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