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Catheter-Related Infections in the Critically Ill

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Editors:
  1. Naomi P. O’Grady

    1. Critical Care Medicine Department Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda

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  2. Didier Pittet

    1. University Hospital Infection Control Program Department of Internal Medicine, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva 14, Switzerland

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  • Provides an overview from an international perspective on intravascular catheters and the risk of infection
  • Highlights Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Impact of Infection, Management and Treatment, and Prevention - including education as the primary tool for prevention

Part of the book series: Perspectives on Critical Care Infectious Diseases (CCID, volume 8)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Epidemiology of Catheter-Related Infection in the Critically Ill

    • Nasia Safdar, Leonard A. Mermel, Dennis G. Maki
    Pages 1-22

  3. Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections

    • Antonio Sitges-Serra
    Pages 23-40

  4. Diagnosis

    • Stephen O. Heard
    Pages 41-58

  5. Diagnosis of Catheter-Related Infections

    • Gérard Nitenberg, François Blot
    Pages 59-76

  6. The Impact of Catheter-Related Infection in the Critically Ill

    • Christian Brun-Buisson
    Pages 77-85

  7. The Impact of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections

    • Karin E. Byers, Barry M. Farr
    Pages 87-98

  8. Management and Treatment

    • Amar Safdar, Issam I. Raad
    Pages 99-112

  9. The Management and Treatment of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections

    • T. S. J. Elliott
    Pages 113-126

  10. Education as the Primary Tool for Prevention

    • Phillippe Eggimann, Didier Pittet
    Pages 127-137

  11. Education as an Intervention for Reducing Vascular Catheter Infections

    • Robert J. Sherertz
    Pages 139-145

  12. ICU Prevention Strategies

    • Jean-François Timsit
    Pages 147-158

  13. Novel Strategies of Preventing Catheter-Related Infections in the ICU

    • Naomi P. O’Grady
    Pages 159-172

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 173-178
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About this book

Catheter-Related Infections in the Critically Ill provides an overview from an international perspective on intravascular catheters and the risk of infection. This volume highlights:

Epidemiology
Diagnosis
Impact of Infection
Management and Treatment
Prevention - including Education as the Primary Tool for Prevention

The purpose of this book is to provide the practitioner with the most interesting and useful data in the field of catheter-related infection. It is hoped that the strategies to prevent infection detailed by the authors will be implemented and have a measurable impact in decreasing rates of infection in the intensive care unit setting.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Critical Care Medicine Department Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda

    Naomi P. O’Grady

  • University Hospital Infection Control Program Department of Internal Medicine, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva 14, Switzerland

    Didier Pittet

About the editors

Naomi P. O'Grady, M.D., is Director of the Procedures, Vascular Access and Conscious Sedation Services, Critical Care Medicine Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. Didier Pittet, M.D., M.S., is Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology; Director, Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, and Honorary Professor, Division of Investigative Sciences and School of Medicine, The Hammersmith Hospitals, Imperial College of Medicine, Sciences and Technology, London, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Catheter-Related Infections in the Critically Ill

  • Editors: Naomi P. O’Grady, Didier Pittet

  • Series Title: Perspectives on Critical Care Infectious Diseases

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b111103

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8009-8Due: 14 July 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-7955-4Published: 23 April 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8010-4Published: 11 April 2006

  • Series ISSN: 1568-2501

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 178

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine

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