Infections That Complicate the Insertion of Prosthetic Devices Ilker Uçkay Daniel P. Lew Didier Pittet The insertion of implants and medical devices is now a common procedure that benefits patients,…
Control of Infections Associated With Hemodialysis Priti R. Patel Nicola D. Thompson Matthew J. Arduino The findings and conclusions in this chapter are those of the authors and do not…
Infection Risks of Endoscopy John Holton Endoscopic procedures are used worldwide for both diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. Considering the numbers of endoscopies that must be performed annually, the incidence of…
Healthcare-Associated Infections That Complicate Invasive Procedures in Cardiology Winfried Ebner Markus Dettenkofer Few prospective studies on healthcare-associated infections related to invasive procedures in cardiology have been done, and most studies…
Healthcare-Associated Infections in Anesthesia Loreen A. Herwaldt Matthew D. Koff Randy W. Loftus Jean M. Pottinger INTRODUCTION Modern anesthesiology originated in the 1800s (1). William Clark was reportedly the first…
Infection Prevention and Control in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients Leilani Paitoonpong Dionissios Neofytos Sara E. Cosgrove Trish M. Perl BASIC CONCEPTS OF HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATIONS Bone marrow or…
Healthcare-Associated Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Ryosuke Osawa Nina Singh Infections remain a significant complication and a leading cause of mortality, particularly within the first year after transplantation. Most…
Healthcare-Associated Infections in Patients With Neoplastic Diseases Aditya H. Gaur Patricia M. Flynn A patient with a diagnosis of underlying cancer is at particular risk of infection related to a…
Healthcare-Associated Infections in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury Rabih O. Darouiche About 262,000 Americans suffer from spinal cord injury and its complications, with 12,000 new cases accruing each year (1)….
Healthcare-Associated Infections in Obstetric Patients Amy Beth Kressel Suzanne P. Goodrich The hospital obstetric unit is one of the first examples of a specialized hospital unit with a specialized patient…
