Mari Takashima, Areum Hyun, Grace Xu, Adriana Lions, Victoria Gibson, Marilyn Cruickshank, Amanda Ullman
CONTEXT: Indwelling invasive devices inserted into the body for extended are associated with infections. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to estimate infection proportion and rates associated with invasive devices in pediatric healthcare. DATA SOURCES: Medline, CINAHL, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane CENTRAL, clinical trial registries, and unpublished study databases were searched. STUDY SELECTION: Cohort studies and trials published from January 2011 to June 2022, including (1) indwelling invasive devices, (2) pediatric participants admitted to a hospital, (3) postinsertion infection complications, and (4) published in English, were included...
January 1, 2024: Hospital Pediatrics