Risk Factors for Infections Involving Cardiac Implanted Electronic Devices

Cardiac implantable electronic device infection is a major complication that usually requires device removal. PADIT (Prevention of Arrhythmia Device Infection Trial) was a large cluster crossover trial of conventional versus incremental antibiotics. This study sought to investigate independent predi...

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Published in:	Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 74; no. 23; p. 2845
Main Authors:	Birnie, David H, Wang, Jia, Alings, Marco, Philippon, François, Parkash, Ratika, Manlucu, Jaimie, Angaran, Paul, Rinne, Claus, Coutu, Benoit, Low, R Aaron, Essebag, Vidal, Morillo, Carlos, Redfearn, Damian, Toal, Satish, Becker, Giuliano, Degrâce, Michel, Thibault, Bernard, Crystal, Eugene, Tung, Stanley, LeMaitre, John, Sultan, Omar, Bennett, Matthew, Bashir, Jamil, Ayala-Paredes, Felix, Gervais, Philippe, Rioux, Leon, Hemels, Martin E W, Bouwels, Leon H R, Exner, Derek V, Dorian, Paul, Connolly, Stuart J, Longtin, Yves, Krahn, Andrew D
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 10.12.2019
Subjects:	Aged Antibiotic Prophylaxis - methods Arrhythmias, Cardiac - therapy Canada - epidemiology Cross-Over Studies Defibrillators, Implantable - adverse effects Female Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Humans Incidence Male Pacemaker, Artificial - adverse effects Prosthesis-Related Infections - epidemiology Prosthesis-Related Infections - prevention & control Risk Assessment - methods Risk Factors Canada implantable cardioverter defibrillator infection pacemaker antibiotics cardiac implantable electronic device
ISSN:	1558-3597, 1558-3597
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