Risk Factors of Catheter-related Bloodstream Infection With Percutaneously Inserted Central Venous Catheters in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: A Center's Experience in Taiwan

Risk Factors of Catheter-related Bloodstream Infection With Percutaneously Inserted Central Venous Catheters in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: A Center's Experience in Taiwan

Infected percutaneously inserted central venous catheters (PICCs) are a problem in hospitalized patients, especially in the neonatal intensive care unit. The objective of this study was to assess the risk of infection and other PICC-associated complications in very low birth weight infants. Methods:...

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Main Authors: Jen-Fu Hsu, Ming-Horng Tsai, Hsuan-Rong Huang, Reyin Lien, Shih-Ming Chu, Chung-Bin Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-12-01
Series:Pediatrics and Neonatology
Subjects:
catheter-related bloodstream infection
percutaneously inserted central venous catheter
phlebitis
septicemia
very low birth weight
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957210600654

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