OriginalInfections occurring in adult patients receiving mechanical circulatory support: The two-year experience of an Italian National Referral Tertiary Care CenterInfecciones en pacientes adultos tratados con soporte circulatorio mecánico: la experiencia a dos años de remisión de un centro de atención terciaria italiano☆

Marina Pieri,N. Agracheva,Luca Fumagalli,Teresa Greco,M. De Bonis,Maria Chiara Calabrese,A. Rossodivita,Alberto Zangrillo,Federico Pappalardo

OriginalInfections occurring in adult patients receiving mechanical circulatory support: The two-year experience of an Italian National Referral Tertiary Care CenterInfecciones en pacientes adultos tratados con soporte circulatorio mecánico: la experiencia a dos años de remisión de un centro de atención terciaria italiano☆

2013

Marina Pieri
N. Agracheva
Luca Fumagalli
Teresa Greco
M. De Bonis
Maria Chiara Calabrese
A. Rossodivita
Alberto Zangrillo
Federico Pappalardo

Objective Infection during mechanical circulatory support is a frequent adverse complication. We analyzed infections occurring in this population in a national tertiary care center, and assessed the differences existing between the setting of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and ventricular assist devices (VADs).

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Circulatory system
tertiary care
Population
Complication
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Referral
Intensive care medicine
Emergency medicine
adult patients
Medicine

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