Concepedia

The pathogenesis of catheter-related bloodstream infection with noncuffed short-term central venous catheters

Nasia Safdar, Dennis G. Maki

Intensive Care Medicine · 2004 · 378 citations · 43 references

Concepts

Life SciencesInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyInfection PreventionMedical MicrobiologySepsisBloodstream InfectionsCatheter CareCatheter ManagementCatheter-associated Infection PreventionIntravenous Access DevicesVenous AccessCentral Line-associated Bloodstream InfectionsCentral Venous AdministrationCentral Venous Catheter Infection PreventionNon-tunnelled Central Venous CathetersTunnelled Central Venous Catheters

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43

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Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

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Medicine, Internal Medicine, Clinical Classification Systems +16

APACHE II-A Severity of Disease Classification System

William A. Knaus, Elizabeth A. Draper, Douglas P. Wagner et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 1986 · 13.4K citations

Health Professions, Biostatistics, Clinical Classification Systems +12

APACHE II: a severity of disease classification system.

Elizabeth S. Draper · PubMed · 1985 · 6.1K citations

Medicine, Internal Medicine, Acute Care Medicine +16

Nosocomial bloodstream infection in critically ill patients. Excess length of stay, extra costs, and attributable mortality

Didier Pittet · JAMA · 1994 · 1.4K citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Acute Care Medicine +14