Working formulation for the standardization of definitions of infections in patients using ventricular assist devices

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011 Apr;30(4):375-84. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.01.717.

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. mhannan@mater.ie

PMID: 21419995
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.01.717

No abstract available

Publication types

Consensus Development Conference

MeSH terms

Heart-Assist Devices / adverse effects
Heart-Assist Devices / microbiology*
Humans
Infections / diagnosis
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology