The purpose of our survey is to analyse the clinical approach used to prevent and treat cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) infections in Europe. The survey involves high-volume implanting centres. According to the survey the incidence of CIED infections shows a slight decrease in most centres and is substantially under 2% in the majority of centres interviewed. However, there a...

Despite significant progress in understanding the pathogenesis and treatment of viral diseases, influenza virus alone causes up to three five million severe cases 250-500 thousand deaths annually. However, respiratory viruses can affect not only system, but also cause complications cardiovascular system. For example, acute coronary syndrome, myocarditis, pericarditis, exacerbation chronic heart...

C ardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) infections typically manifest in 2 distinct presentations—local generator pocket infection or systemic infection associated with bloodstream infection (BSI) with or without cardiovascular implantable electronic device–related infective endocarditis (CIED-IE) (1). While diagnosis of CIED pocket infection can generally be established based on p...

We investigated the focus of cardiovascular medical device research in South Africa over the 15-year period 2000 - 2014. Information drawn from journal articles was used for the analysis, with attention to articles describing a contribution to the development of a cardiovascular medical device, or a new application of an existing device. The findings suggest that research has focused on diagnos...

Methods We conducted a prospective surveillance of device associated infections from January 2010-December 2010 in a 10 beded Medical ICU of Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur. CDC-NNIS system definitions for all device associated infections were used and rates were calculated per 1000 device days. Device utilization ratio was calculated by dividing the total number of specific device days by the ...

As regards the significant role of stethoscopes in the diagnosis of congenital and adventitious heart diseases and prevention of irreparable complications of these diseases, the quality of hearing sound of these stethoscopes by a physician has a significant impact on the disease diagnosis. This device plays an important role in the early diagnosis of congenital heart and respiratory diseases an...

Medical devices are responsible for a large portion of nosocomial infections, particularly in critically ill patients. Device-associated infections can cause major medical and economic sequelae. Bacterial colonization of the indwelling device can be a prelude to both infection and malfunction of the device. The pathogenesis of device-associated infection centers around the multifaceted interact...

The number of indwelling medical devices is escalating, and an increasing proportion of device-related infections are being caused by Candida spp. Candida spp. produce biofilms on synthetic materials, which facilitates adhesion of the organisms to devices and renders them relatively refractory to medical therapy. Management of device-related Candida infections can be challenging. Removal of the...