Health care-associated infections among critically ill children in the US, 2007-2012

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 705-712

  Patrick, Stephen W ^a,b   Kawai, Alison Tse ^c   Kleinman, Ken ^c   Jin, Robert ^c   Vaz, Louise ^c,d   Gay, Charlene ^c   Kassler, William ^e   Goldmann, Don ^f   Lee, Grace M ^c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter associated urinary tract infections; Central line associated bloodstream infections; Health care associated infections; Medicaid; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRENDS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925545238     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-0613     Document Type: Article

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