Surgical site infections in infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 381-384

  Segal, Ilan ^a,b,c   Kang, Christine ^a   Albersheim, Susan G ^a,b,d   Skarsgard, Erik D ^a,b   Lavoie, Pascal M ^a,b,d  

^a CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gastroschisis; Neonates; Surgical site infection; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; GASTROSCHISIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WOUND CLOSURE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANADA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UTILIZATION;

DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SKIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84896530264     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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