External ventricular drain infection: Improved technique can reduce infection rates

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 632-635

  Kitchen, William J ^a   Singh, Navneet ^a   Hulme, Sharon ^a   Galea, James ^a   Patel, Hiren C ^a   King, Andrew T ^a  

^a SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asepsis.; EVD; infection; sampling; Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASEPSIS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SILICONES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 80051898248     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2011.578770     Document Type: Review

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