Infectious complications and outcomes in children supported with left ventricular assist devices

• Published in: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 518 - 524
• Main Authors: Cabrera, Antonio G., MD, Khan, Muhammad S., MD, Morales, David L.S., MD, Chen, Diane W., BS, Moffett, Brady S., PharmD, MPH, Price, Jack F., MD, Dreyer, William J., MD, Denfield, Susan W., MD, Jeewa, Aamir, MD, Fraser, Charles D., MD, Vallejo, Jesus G., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Candida - isolation & purification; Candidiasis - diagnosis; Candidiasis - epidemiology; Cardiomyopathies - therapy; Child; Child, Preschool; continuous-flow device; Female; Heart-Assist Devices - microbiology; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Male; Myocarditis - therapy; nosocomial infection; pediatric; Prognosis; Pseudomonas - isolation & purification; Pseudomonas Infections - diagnosis; Pseudomonas Infections - epidemiology; pulsatile-flow device; Regression Analysis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis; Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology; Staphylococcus - isolation & purification; Surgery; ventricular assist device; ventricular assist device; continuous-flow device; pulsatile-flow device; nosocomial infection; pediatric

Background Infectious complications constitute a major cause of morbidity and death in adult patients supported with left ventricular assist devices (VADs). The incidence and patient outcomes related to infectious complications in pediatric patients on VAD support remain largely unknown. The aim of...