Incidence of epidural catheter-associated infections after continuous epidural analgesia in children

Anesthesiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 224-232

  Sethna, Navil F ^a,b   Clendenin, David ^a   Athiraman, Umeshkumar ^a   Solodiuk, Jean ^a   Rodriguez, Diana P ^b   Zurakowski, David ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETER INFECTION; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; BOSTON; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954175712     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181de6cc5     Document Type: Review

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