2024
Younger Age and Female Gender Are Associated With Delayed Antibiotics in Pediatric Sepsis
Kandil S, Lee S, Feinn R, Murray T. Younger Age and Female Gender Are Associated With Delayed Antibiotics in Pediatric Sepsis. Journal Of The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2024, 13: 434-438. PMID: 38889196, DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piae064.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Shifting focus toward healthcare-associated bloodstream infections: The need for neonatal intensive care unit–specific NHSN definitions
Advani SD, Murray TS, Murdzek CM, Aniskiewicz MJ, Bizzarro MJ. Shifting focus toward healthcare-associated bloodstream infections: The need for neonatal intensive care unit–specific NHSN definitions. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2019, 41: 181-186. PMID: 31694731, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBloodstream infectionsNHSN definitionsNICU populationSite-specific definitionClinical definitionNational Healthcare Safety Network definitionsNeonatal intensive care unit populationIntensive care unit populationHealthcare-associated bloodstream infectionsYale-New Haven Children's HospitalLevel IV NICUSafety Network definitionsDirect prevention effortsMcNemar χ2 testSource of infectionGut translocationPreterm neonatesRespiratory supportPremature infantsRetrospective reviewChildren's HospitalPatient daysIncidence rateNICU teamUnit population585. Shifting Focus Toward Healthcare-Associated Bloodstream Infections: Need for More NICU-Specific NHSN Definitions
Advani S, Murray T, Bizzarro M. 585. Shifting Focus Toward Healthcare-Associated Bloodstream Infections: Need for More NICU-Specific NHSN Definitions. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2019, 6: s276-s277. PMCID: PMC6810847, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz360.654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCentral line-associated bloodstream infectionsBloodstream infectionsNHSN definitionsChi-square testClinical definitionNational Healthcare Safety Network definitionsNeonatal intensive care unit populationIntensive care unit populationYale-New Haven Children's HospitalLine-associated bloodstream infectionsLevel IV NICUSafety Network definitionsMedian birth weightPercent of patientsSepsis-related mortalityHours of lifeHealthcare-Associated Bloodstream InfectionsMcNemar chi-square testPositive blood culturesSource of infectionGut translocationParenteral nutritionNICU populationRetrospective reviewGestational age