Catheter-Related Infections in the Critically Ill

by O'Grady, Naomi P.

• ISBN13: 9781402080098
• ISBN10: 1402080093
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: SPRINGER

Summary

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:EpidemiologyDiagnosis Impact of Infection Management and Treatment Prevention - including Education as the Primary Tool for PreventionThe 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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Preface
Naomi P. O'Grady and Didier Pittet	xi
Perspectives on Critical Care Infectious Disease: An Introduction to the Series
Jordi Rello, M.D.	xiii
1. The Epidemiology of Catheter-Related Infection in the Critically Ill	1	(22)
Nasia Safdar, M.D., Leonard A. Mermel, D.O., Sc.M. Dennis G. Maid, M.D.
2. Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections	23	(18)
Antonio Sitges-Serra, F.R.C.S. (Ed.)
3. Diagnosis	41	(18)
Stephen O. Heard, M.D., F.C.C.M.
4. Diagnosis of Catheter-Related Infections	59	(18)
Gérard Nitenberg, M.D., François Blot, M.D.
5. The Impact of Catheter-Related Infection in the Critically Ill	77	(10)
Christian Brun-Buisson, M.D.
6. The Impact of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections	87	(12)
Karin E. Byers, M.D., M.S., Barry M. Farr, M.D., M.Sc.
7. Management and Treatment	99	(14)
Amar Safdar, M.D. and Issam I. Raad, M.D.
8. The Management and Treatment of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections	113	(14)
Professor T.S.J. Elliott
9. Education as the Primary Tool for Prevention	127	(12)
Phillippe Eggimann, M.D., Didier Pittet, M.D., M.S.
10. Education as an Intervention for Reducing Vascular Catheter Infections	139	(8)
Robert J. Sherertz, M.D.
11. ICU Prevention Strategies	147	(12)
Jean-Francois Timsit, M.D.
12. Novel Strategies of Preventing Catheter-Related Infections in the ICU	159	(14)
Naomi P. O'Grady, M.D.
Index	173