Reduction in driveline infection rates: Results from the HeartMate II Multicenter Driveline Silicone Skin Interface (SSI) Registry

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 781-789

  Dean, David ^a   Kallel, Faouzi ^b   Ewald, Gregory A ^c   Tatooles, Antony ^d   Sheridan, Brett C ^e   Brewer, Robert J ^f   Caldeira, Christian ^g   Farrar, David J ^b   Akhter, Shahab A ^h  

^a Piedmont Healthcare   (Georgia)

^b THORATEC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

driveline infection; heart failure; HeartMate II; MCS; VAD

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; CENTURION FOLEY ANCHOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVELINE INFECTION; EXIT SITE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOLLISTER ANCHOR; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TUNNELING TECHNIQUE; THORATEC SUPPORT BINDER; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SILICONES; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930088421     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.11.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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