@article{99284cde216a42ca91708a02309a894d,
title = "Prospective study of catheter replacement and other risk factors for infection of hyperalimentation catheters",
abstract = "To determine risk factors for infection of hyperalimentation catheters, we prospectively studied 169 catheter systems (88 patients) by using a semiquantitative culture technique. Infection occurred in 24 (14\%) catheters (16 patients), was inversely proportional to the number of previous catheters inserted by the operator (P <.02), and was proportional to the interval between admission and catheter insertion (P <.0005). Catheter replacement over a guidewire was no more likely to be associated with infection than was a de novo percutaneous insertion at another site (P =.6). Using a proportional hazards model, we estimated the risk of infection per day to be 1.3 times greater for a catheter if the patient had been hospitalized 50 days instead of seven days, and 3.8 times greater if the patient had a Swan-Ganz catheter at the time of insertion.",
author = "Armstrong, \{Carl W.\} and Mayhall, \{C. Glen\} and Miller, \{Kathy B.\} and Newsome, \{Heber H.\} and Sugerman, \{Harvey J.\} and Dalton, \{Harry P.\} and Hall, \{Gaye O.\} and Chris Gennings and Armstrong, \{Carl W.\} and Mayhall, \{C. Glen\} and Miller, \{Kathy B.\} and Newsome, \{Heber H.\} and Sugerman, \{Harvey J.\} and Dalton, \{Harry P.\} and Hall, \{Gaye O.\} and Chris Gennings and Armstrong, \{Carl W.\} and Mayhall, \{C. Glen\} and Miller, \{Kathy B.\} and Newsome, \{Heber H.\} and Sugerman, \{Harvey J.\} and Dalton, \{Harry P.\} and Hall, \{Gaye O.\} and Chris Gennings and Armstrong, \{Carl W.\} and Mayhall, \{C. Glen\} and Miller, \{Kathy B.\} and Newsome, \{Heber H.\} and Sugerman, \{Harvey J.\} and Dalton, \{Harry P.\} and Hall, \{Gaye O.\} and Chris Gennings and Armstrong, \{Carl W.\} and Mayhall, \{C. Glen\} and Miller, \{Kathy B.\} and Newsome, \{Heber H.\} and Sugerman, \{Harvey J.\} and Dalton, \{Harry P.\} and Hall, \{Gaye O.\} and Chris Gennings",
year = "1986",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1093/infdis/154.5.808",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "154",
pages = "808--816",
journal = "Journal of Infectious Diseases",
issn = "0022-1899",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "5",
}