Incidence and clinical significance of bacteremia and sepsis among cardiac patients treated with intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation pump

E Crystal; A Borer; J Gilad; I Haick; G Weber; M Alkan; K Riesenberg; F Schlaeffer; A Battler; R Ilia; H Gilutz; J Leor

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01223-6

Incidence and clinical significance of bacteremia and sepsis among cardiac patients treated with intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation pump

Am J Cardiol. 2000 Dec 1;86(11):1281-4, A9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01223-6.

Authors

E Crystal¹, A Borer, J Gilad, I Haick, G Weber, M Alkan, K Riesenberg, F Schlaeffer, A Battler, R Ilia, H Gilutz, J Leor

Affiliation

¹ Cardiology Department and Infectious Disease Institute, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

PMID: 11090812
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01223-6

Abstract

In this prospective study, a significant incidence of fever (47%), true bacteremia (15%), and sepsis (12%), were found in 60 cardiac patients treated with an intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation pump. The benefit of antibiotic prophylaxis in this setting should therefore be evaluated.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacteremia / epidemiology*
Bacteremia / etiology
Equipment Contamination*
Female
Heart Diseases / therapy*
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Incidence
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / adverse effects*
Israel / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Sepsis / epidemiology
Sepsis / etiology
Survival Rate