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Polymyxin flushes for endotracheal tube suction catheters in extremely low birth-weight infants: Any benefit in preventing ventilator-associated events?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2022

Michael J. Edzards Open the ORCID record for Michael J. Edzards [Opens in a new window] ,
Marni B. Jacobs Open the ORCID record for Marni B. Jacobs [Opens in a new window] ,
Xiaoyan Song Open the ORCID record for Xiaoyan Song [Opens in a new window] ,
Sudeepta K. Basu  and
Rana F. Hamdy Open the ORCID record for Rana F. Hamdy [Opens in a new window]
Michael J. Edzards*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Disease, Children’s Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Marni B. Jacobs
Affiliation:
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
Xiaoyan Song
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Children’s National Health Systems, Washington, DC
Sudeepta K. Basu
Affiliation:
Department of Neonatology, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC
Rana F. Hamdy
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Disease, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC
*
Author for correspondence: Michael J. Edzards, E-mail: [email protected].
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Abstract

We report that receipt of polymyxin B endotracheal tube suction catheter flushes did not reduce the incidence of pediatric ventilator-associated events (PedVAE) in infants weighing <1,000 g in this retrospective study. Incidence of PedVAE in our group of extremely low birth-weight infants was 6 per 1,000 ventilator days.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 8 , August 2023 , pp. 1345 - 1347
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. Preliminary data were presented as a poster at IDWeek 2018 on October 3–7, 2018, in San Francisco, California (https://idsa.confex.com/idsa/2018/webprogram/Paper73270.html).

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