Non-Invasive Therapy for Device Infection Might Increase Device Related Infections Endocarditis

Invasive device-related infections after heart surgery.

OBJECTIVE To analyze postoperative infections in critically ill patients undergoing heart surgery. SETTING Intensive care units (ICUs). DESIGN An observational, prospective, multicenter study was carried out. PATIENTS Patients in the postoperative period of heart surgery admitted to the ICU and included in the ENVIN-HELICS registry between 2005 and 2011. MAIN OUTCOME VARIABLES Mechanica...

Massive vegetation in device-related endocarditis.

Rzany (BIO), Christian Schulz (initially DHM, now Klinikum der Universität München), Kristin Steigerwald (DHM), Tomohiso Tada (DHM), Anna Titova (initially DHM, now Klinikum der Universität München), Dietmar Trenk (UHZ), Christian Valina (UHZ), Andreas Vogelsang (NEO), Erion Xhepa (DHM); Italy: Chiara Bernelli (BER); Micol Coccato (BER), Giulio Guagliumi (BER), Kenichi Komukai (BER), Vasile Sir...

Nonvalvular cardiovascular device-related infections.

More than a century ago, Osler took numerous syndrome descriptions of cardiac valvular infection that were incomplete and confusing and categorized them into the cardiovascular infections known as infective endocarditis. Because he was both a clinician and a pathologist, he was able to provide a meaningful outline of this complex disease. Technical advances have allowed us to better subcategori...

Determining Factors in Device-Related Infections

Prevention of Device-Related Healthcare-Associated Infections

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Up to 15% of patients develop an infection while hospitalized in the United States, which accounts for approximately 1.7 million HAIs, 99,000 deaths annually and over 10 billion dollars in costs per year. A significant percentage of HAIs are preventable using evidenced-based strategi...