These guidelines have been developed for practitioners who insert catheters and for
persons responsible for surveillance and control of infections in hospital, outpatient, and …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an under-recognized morbidity of neonates; the incidence
remains unclear due to the absence of a unified definition of AKI in this population and …

Background Neonates and children differ from adults in physiology, pharmacologic
responses to drugs, epidemiology, and long-term consequences of thrombosis. This …

Naomi P. O'Grady, 1 Mary Alexander, 2 Lillian A. Burns, 3 E. Patchen Dellinger, 4 Jeffrey
Garland, 5 Stephen O. Heard, 6 Pamela A. Lipsett, 7 Henry Masur, 1 Leonard A. Mermel, 8 …

Until now oligonephropathy to indicate “too few nephrons” has been associated with
intrauterine growth restriction and experimentally induced abnormalities of renal …

Naomi P. O'Grady, 1 Mary Alexander, 2 Lillian A. Burns, 3 E. Patchen Dellinger, 4 Jeffrey
Garland, 5 Stephen O. Heard, 6 Pamela A. Lipsett, 7 Henry Masur, 1 Leonard A. Mermel, 8 …

This chapter about antithrombotic therapy in neonates and children is part of the
Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence …

Advances in the ability to identify, evaluate, and care for infants with hypertension, coupled
with advances in the practice of Neonatology, have led to an increased awareness of …

Objectives In preparation for a pediatric randomized controlled trial on thromboprophylaxis,
we determined the frequency of catheter‐related thrombosis in children. We also …

Objective. To reduce the rate of late-onset sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) by
decreasing the rate of central line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI). Methods. We …