Nosocomial infections in pediatric cardiovascular surgery patients: A 4-year survey

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-206

  Grisaru Soen, Galia ^a,d   Paret, Gideon ^b,d   Yahav, Dafna ^b,d   Boyko, Valentina ^c,d   Lerner Geva, Liat ^c,d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Safra Children's Hospital   (Israel)

^c GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood stream infections; Cardiovascular surgery; Infection; Nosocomial; Pediatric intensive care unit; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDIASIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; CANDIDA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISRAEL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CANDIDA; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 68349156328     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31819a37c5     Document Type: Article

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