Femoral central venous catheters are not associated with higher rates of infection in the pediatric critical care population

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-47

  Reyes, Joel A ^a,b   Habash, Michelle L ^a   Taylor, Richard P ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter related infections; Intensive care units; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856529454     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.02.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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