Risk of bloodstream infection in children admitted to paediatric intensive care units in England and Wales following emergency inter-hospital transfer

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1916-1923

  Harron, Katie ^a   Mok, Quen ^b   Parslow, Roger ^c   Muller Pebody, Berit ^d   Gilbert, Ruth ^a   Ramnarayan, Padmanabhan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Bloodstream infection; Data linkage; Infection control; Paediatric intensive care; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BACTEREMIA; BAYES THEOREM; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; BAYES THEOREM; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; RISK FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 84918779584     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3516-0     Document Type: Article

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