Infection rates associated with epidural indwelling catheters for seven days or longer: systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: To determine infection rate with use of epidural catheters in place for seven days or more. METHODS: Systematic review and pooled analysis of observational studies. RESULTS: Twelve studies with 4,628 patients (median 197 patients) provided information, of which nine (4,334 patients) were...

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Autores principales: Ruppen, Wilhelm, Derry, Sheena, McQuay, Henry J, Moore, R Andrew
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1858684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17408476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-6-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1858684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17408476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-6-3

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