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

• Hoofdauteurs: Jen-Fu Hsu (Auteur), Ming-Horng Tsai (Auteur), Hsuan-Rong Huang (Auteur), Reyin Lien (Auteur), Shih-Ming Chu (Auteur), Chung-Bin Huang (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Elsevier, 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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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:...