Clinical and Economic Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients with Nosocomial Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections | Zendy

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Clinical and Economic Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients with Nosocomial Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections

Author(s) -

Stijn Blot,

P. Depuydt,

Lieven Annemans,

Dominique Benoît,

Eric A. J. Hoste,

Jan J. De Waele,

Johan Decruyenaere,

Dirk Vogelaers,

Francis Colardyn,

K. Vandewoude

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/497833

Subject(s) - medicine , mechanical ventilation , intensive care unit , confidence interval , central venous catheter , bacteremia , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , cohort , intensive care medicine , mortality rate , intensive care , cohort study , catheter , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics

Central venous catheters are universally used during the treatment of critically ill patients. Their use, however, is associated with a substantial infection risk, potentially leading to increased mortality and costs. We evaluate clinical and economic outcomes associated with nosocomial central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection (CR-BSI) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients.

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