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Myers ML, Austin TW, Sibbald WJ. Pulmonary artery catheter infections. A prospective study. Ann Surg. 1985;201(2):237-41doi: 10.1097/00000658-198502000-00018.
Myers, M. L., Austin, T. W., & Sibbald, W. J. (1985). Pulmonary artery catheter infections. A prospective study. Annals of surgery, 201(2), 237-41. https://doi.org/10.1097/00000658-198502000-00018
Myers, M L, et al. "Pulmonary artery catheter infections. A prospective study." Annals of surgery vol. 201,2 (1985): 237-41. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/00000658-198502000-00018
Myers ML, Austin TW, Sibbald WJ. Pulmonary artery catheter infections. A prospective study. Ann Surg. 1985 Feb;201(2):237-41. doi: 10.1097/00000658-198502000-00018. PMID: 3882064; PMCID: PMC1250648.
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Ann Surg. 1985 Feb;201(2):237-41. doi: 10.1097/00000658-198502000-00018.

Pulmonary artery catheter infections. A prospective study.

Annals of surgery

M L Myers, T W Austin, W J Sibbald

PMID: 3882064 PMCID: PMC1250648 DOI: 10.1097/00000658-198502000-00018
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Abstract

Despite the widespread use of the Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheter, the incidence of catheter tip infection is not well-established. One-hundred and seventy catheter insertions in 113 patients were examined in this prospective study. Using a semiquantitative culture technique, the incidence of positive catheter tip cultures was 5.8%. No significant risk factors for catheter infection were identified, although there was a trend toward more frequent infection in patients not receiving antibiotics (p less than 0.06). Catheter tip infection appeared to result most frequently from a distant focus of infection. Although the overall incidence of positive blood cultures was significantly higher in the positive vs. negative catheter tip groups (37.9% vs. 10.6%, p less than 0.001), blood cultures were generally not a reliable guide to the presence of a catheter tip infection. We conclude that catheter infection can be contained at an acceptable level by following a reasonable protocol for catheter management.

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