A Retrospective Quality Analysis of External Ventricular Drain Infection Rates Following Stroke Diagnoses and Other Brain Injuries: Comparison of Emergency Room and ICU/OR Setting

Objective The purpose of this study was to analyze the incidence of infections in patients following placement of External Ventricular Drain (EVD) in either the Emergency Room (ER) or the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)/ Operating Room (OR) at a single Comprehensive Stroke Center. Methods Retrospective an...

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Autores principales: Altschul, David, Hamad, Mousa K, Kobets, Andrew, Fluss, Rose, Lin, Christopher, Boyke, Andre E, Liu, Jinyuan, Thomas, Rony, Unda, Santiago R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Infectious Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7117602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32257714
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7173

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7117602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32257714
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7173

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