Infections in the Intensive Care Unit: Posttransplant Infections.
Solid organ transplantation has become a well-established standard of care for end-organ failure, and the nurse in the intensive care unit may be exposed to these patients at any stage in the care continuum of pretransplant or posttransplant care. Knowledge of risk factors, timing, and treatments for infections may help to enhance clinical practices and optimize patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Pulmonary Critical Care, Ochsner Medical Center, Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA. Electronic address: Fwinterbottom@ochsner.org.
Fiona
F
Winterbottom
Pulmonary Critical Care, Ochsner Medical Center, Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA.
Misty
M
Jenkins
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D064648:Critical Care Nursing; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host / Q000276:immunology; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D012307:Risk Factors; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy
Posttransplant ICU care; Posttransplant infections; Risk factors; Solid organ transplantation