Postoperative sepsis in infants below 6 months of age

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-117

  Kessler, Ulf ^a,b   Ebneter, Marc ^a   Zachariou, Zacharias ^a   Berger, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central venous catheter; Infant; Postoperative care; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINE SURGERY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; ENTEROSTOMY; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWITZERLAND; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650930931     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-009-0022-5     Document Type: Article

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