Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Jul 2009
Controlled Clinical TrialImpact of a prevention strategy targeting hand hygiene and catheter care on the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections.
To study the impact of a teaching intervention on the rate of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) in intensive care patients. ⋯ Evidence-based catheter-care procedures, guided by healthcare workers' perceptions and including bedside teaching, reduce significantly the CRBSI rate and demonstrate that improving catheter care has a major impact on its prevention.
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Critical care medicine · Jul 2009
Are there sex-based differences in serum troponin I after cardiac surgery?
To determine whether there are sex-based differences in serum troponin I (TnI) after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. ⋯ No clinically relevant sex-based differences were found in the TnI peaks after cardiac surgery.