Impact of catheter-related bloodstream infections on the mortality of critically ill patients: A meta-analysis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2283-2289

  Siempos, Ilias I ^a   Kopterides, Petros ^a   Tsangaris, Iraklis ^a   Dimopoulou, Ioanna ^a   Armaganidis, Apostolos E ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Device associated infection; Nosocomial infections; Prevention; Septicemia; Staphylococcus Aureus

Indexed keywords

CATHETER INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67649797948     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181a02a67     Document Type: Review

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