نتایج جستجو برای: cardiovascular device infections

تعداد نتایج: 1139897  

2016
Sachin C. Deorukhkar Santosh Saini

Health care associated infections (HCAIs) add incrementally to the morbidity, mortality, and cost expected of the patient's underlying diseases alone. Approximately, about half all cases of HCAIs are associated with medical devices. As Candida medical device-associated infection is highly drug resistant and can lead to serious life-threatening complications, there is a need of continuous survei...

Journal: :Clinical microbiology reviews 2015
Steven Y C Tong Joshua S Davis Emily Eichenberger Thomas L Holland Vance G Fowler

Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that causes a wide range of clinical infections. It is a leading cause of bacteremia and infective endocarditis as well as osteoarticular, skin and soft tissue, pleuropulmonary, and device-related infections. This review comprehensively covers the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and management of each of these clinical enti...

Journal: :AACN advanced critical care 2006
Laura Reilly Patty Sullivan Sharon Ninni Denise Fochesto Karen Williams Brandee Fetherman

The prolonged use of indwelling urinary catheters can lead to many complications, the most prevalent being urinary tract infections. These hospital-acquired infections can increase hospital costs, length of stay, and mortality rates. Evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of urinary tract infections are compared and discussed. Minimizing indwelling urinary catheter use is well-recognized ...

Journal: :European cells & materials 2014
T F Moriarty D W Grainger R G Richards

Infections related to implanted medical devices have become a significant health care issue in recent decades. Increasing numbers of medical devices are in use, often in an aging population, and these devices are implanted against a background of increasing antibiotic-resistant bacterial populations. Progressively more antibiotic resistant infections, requiring ever more refined treatment optio...

2011
A Hadadi M J Zehtab H Babagolzadeh H Ashraf

BACKGROUND In spite of decreasing incidence of orthopedic device-related infections to 1%, nowadays, device-related infection still remains a diagnostic, therapeutic and cost-related problem. The objective of this study is to evaluate the contributing risk factors for orthopedic device-related infections in Sina Hospital, Tehran, Iran. METHODS Three hundred and thirty patients who underwent o...

Journal: :European heart journal 2015
Jens Cosedis Nielsen Jens Christian Gerdes Niraj Varma

Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infection, according to current trends, appears to be an increasing problem. It can be indolent and its diagnosis challenging. Cardiac implantable electronic device infections are potentially lethal, and timely diagnosis and early initiation of correct treatment are of highest importance for patient prognosis. For reducing CIED infections, careful pa...

2013
Steve Anderson

Steve Anderson is the CEO of Preceptis Medical, Inc, a medical device ENT start-up developing tools and procedures, which allow pediatric tympanostomy surgery to be performed without the risk of general anesthesia or the costs associated with an OR. Prior to this position, he was the President of Acorn Cardiovascular, Inc., a medical device manufacturer developing life-sustaining therapies for ...

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