| Healthcare Associated Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, an Issue of Clinics in Perinatology: Volume 37-3 Contributor(s): Fairchild, Karen (Author), Polin, Richard A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1437724795 ISBN-13: 9781437724790 Publisher: Saunders OUR PRICE: $94.04 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Pediatrics - Medical | Infectious Diseases |
| Dewey: 616.929 |
| Series: Clinics, the (Elsevier) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (0.85 lbs) 1 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This issue of Clinics in Perinatology reviews Healthcare Associated Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Guest Editors Drs. Karen Fairchild and Richard Polin have assembled a panel of expert contributors to pen articles on Epidemiology and Risk Factors for NICU HAI: Genes and Environment; Strategies to Reduce NICU HAI: Line, Tube, and Hand Hygiene; Candida in the NICU: Pros and Cons of Prophylaxis; MRSA in the NICU; New Concepts of Microbial Translocation in the Neonatal Intestine: Mechanisms and Prevention; Antibiotic Resistance in NICU Pathogens: Mechanisms, Clinical Impact, and Prevention; Biomarkers for LONS: Cytokines and Beyond; Heart Rate Variability: A Novel Physiomarker for Sepsis Detection in the NICU; Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia; Perinatal Infection and Prematurity; and Meningitis in Neonates: Bench to Bedside. |