Open AccessThe Epidemiology of Healthcare-associated Infections in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Units
Author(s) -
Jeffrey A. Alten,
Akm Fazlur Rahman,
Hayden Zaccagni,
Andrew Shin,
David S. Cooper,
Joshua J. Blinder,
Lauren Retzloff,
Inmaculada Aban,
Eric M. Graham,
Jeffrey D. Zampi,
Yuliya A. Domnina,
Michael Gaies
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000001884
Subject(s) - medicine , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , epidemiology , pneumonia , intensive care , incidence (geometry) , cardiac surgery , urinary system , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , surgery , physics , optics
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) represent serious complications for patients within pediatric cardiac intensive care units (CICU). HAIs are associated with increased morbidity, mortality and resource utilization. There are few studies describing the epidemiology of HAIs across the entire spectrum of patients (surgical and nonsurgical) receiving care in dedicated pediatric CICUs.