Surveillance of external ventricular drainage-associated meningitis and ventriculitis in German intensive care units.
Peter BischoffChristin SchröderPetra GastmeierChristine GeffersPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)
EVD-associated meningitis and ventriculitis are frequent complications of care in intensive care patients at risk. A long hospital stay and/or the presence of the EVD puts the patient at high risk for pathogen acquisition with subsequent infection.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- intensive care unit
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- palliative care
- public health
- heart failure
- cerebrospinal fluid
- prognostic factors
- left ventricular
- risk factors
- quality improvement
- ultrasound guided
- pain management
- candida albicans
- mechanical ventilation
- acute care
- adverse drug
- patient reported
- catheter ablation