Brena Sue Haughey1, Shelby Coral White2, Michael David Seckeler2
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.5, pp. 811-813, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12809
Abstract Objective: Catheter‐associated bloodstream infections complicate and prolong hos‐
pitalizations. The incidence of catheter‐associated bloodstream infections in children
undergoing congenital cardiac surgery has not been reported. This study sought to
define the incidence of catheter‐associated bloodstream infections after congenital
cardiac surgery in neonates and infants ≤12 months old and compare hospital out‐
comes and costs to those who underwent surgery and did not have a catheter‐associ‐
ated bloodstream infections.
Design: Retrospective review of hospital admissions between October 2013 and
November 2015 for neonates and infants ≤12 months old at admission with ICD‐9
codes for congenital cardiac surgery from discharge data from… More >
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