cardiovascular device infections

Prevention and control of biofilm-based medical-device-related infections

Journal: :FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology 2010

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Risk Factors and Outcomes of Fungal Ventricular‐Assist Device Infections

Journal: :Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010

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Incidence of catheter-related infections in hospitalized cardiovascular patients

Journal: :Research in Cardiovascular Medicine 2013

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Mobile thrombus on device leads in patients undergoing ablation: identification, incidence, location, and association with increased pulmonary artery systolic pressure.

Journal: :Circulation 2011

Gregory E Supple Jian-Fang Ren Erica S Zado Francis E Marchlinski

BACKGROUND Mobile thrombi, not routinely recognized on transthoracic echocardiography, are frequently identified on cardiovascular implantable electronic device leads with intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) during ablation procedures. Their incidence, characteristics, and consequences have not yet been defined. METHODS AND RESULTS We used ICE to examine leads for thrombi and to measure the p...

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evaluation of nosocomial infections in a teaching hospital

Journal: :avicenna journal of clinical microbiology and infection 0

shokrollah salmanzadeh health research institute, infectious and tropical diseases research center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran; razi teaching hospital, clinical research development center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran farid yousefi health research institute, infectious and tropical diseases research center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran; razi teaching hospital, clinical research development center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran fatemeh ahmadi health research institute, infectious and tropical diseases research center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran sahar geravandi razi teaching hospital, clinical research development center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran; tehran medical sciences branch, islamic azad university, tehran, ir iran moghgan moien razi teaching hospital, clinical research development center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran mohammad javad mohammadi razi teaching hospital, clinical research development center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran; department of environmental health engineering, school of public health, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran; department of environmental health engineering, school of public health, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran. tel: +98-9355439707, fax: +98-6133336513

conclusions the frequency of nis in this hospital was lower in comparison with other worldwide studies. however, low incidence of health care-associated infections in our study may be due to under diagnosis and underreporting of such infections by health care staff. results the incidence of nis was low (i.e. < 2%). among 16936 admitted patients in this hospital, 174 patients (79 males and 95 fe...

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Nosocomial infections and multidrug-resistant organisms in Germany: epidemiological data from KISS (the Hospital Infection Surveillance System).

Journal: :Deutsches Arzteblatt international 2011

Christine Geffers Petra Gastmeier

BACKGROUND More than 800 hospitals and 586 intensive care units (ICUs) in Germany currently participate in a nationwide surveillance system for nosocomial infections (Krankenhaus-Infektions-Surveillance-System, KISS), which collects data on the frequency of nosocomial infections and pathogens and on the appearance of pathogens of special epidemiological importance. METHODS Data were collected...

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Puumala Virus Infections Associated with Cardiovascular Causes of Death

Journal: :Emerging Infectious Diseases 2013

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Community Engagement to Optimize the Use of Web-Based and Wearable Technology in a Cardiovascular Health and Needs Assessment Study: A Mixed Methods Approach

2016

Leah R Yingling Alyssa T Brooks Gwenyth R Wallen Marlene Peters-Lawrence Michael McClurkin Rebecca Cooper-McCann Kenneth L Wiley Valerie Mitchell Johnetta N Saygbe Twanda D Johnson Rev Kendrick E Curry Allan A Johnson Avis P Graham Lennox A Graham Tiffany M Powell-Wiley

BACKGROUND Resource-limited communities in Washington, D.C. have high rates of obesity-related cardiovascular disease in addition to inadequate physical activity (PA) facilities and limited Internet access. Engaging community members in the design and implementation of studies to address these health disparities is essential to the success of community-based PA interventions. OBJECTIVE The ob...

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Applying evidence-based device care in cardiovascular patients: which patient with heart failure and what device?

Journal: :Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 2010

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A historical perspective of pacemaker infections: 40-years single-centre experience.

Journal: :Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology 2014

Tina S Tischer Anne Hollstein Wolfgang Voss Imke Wendig Jörg Lauschke Ralph Schneider Georg H von Knorre Dietmar Bänsch

AIMS The approach to infected cardiac devices has changed during recent decades. Optimal treatment is still a matter of debate, especially in pacemaker-dependent patients. Therefore, we investigated the management and outcome of patients with pacemaker infections in a single centre over four decades. METHODS AND RESULTS We conducted a retrospective analysis of 4212 patients and extracted thos...

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