Antibiotic-impregnated versus silver-bearing external ventricular drainage catheters: Preliminary results in a randomized controlled trial

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-165

  Winkler, K M L ^a   Woernle, C M ^a   Seule, M ^a   Held, U ^a   Bernays, R L ^a   Keller, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic impregnated; Cerebrospinal fluid infection; External ventricular drainage catheter; Hydrocephalus; Neurosurgery; Silver bearing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SILVER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CATHETER; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID INFECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAINAGE CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; MATERIAL STATE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATHETERS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SILVER; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84879689549     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-013-9816-3     Document Type: Article

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