TY - JOUR A2 - Eid, Albert AU - Hagel, S. AU - Bruns, T. AU - Pletz, M. W. AU - Engel, C. AU - Kalff, R. AU - Ewald, C. PY - 2014 DA - 2014/11/17 TI - External Ventricular Drain Infections: Risk Factors and Outcome SP - 708531 VL - 2014 AB - External ventricular drainage (EVD) is frequently used in neurosurgery to drain cerebrospinal fluid in patients with raised intracranial pressure. We performed a retrospective single center study in order to evaluate the incidence of EVD-related infections and to identify underlying risk factors. 246 EVDs were placed in 218 patients over a 30-month period. EVD was continued in median for 7 days (range 1–44). The cumulative incidence of EVD-related infections was 8.3% (95% CI, 5.3–12.7) with a device-associated infection rate of 10.4 per 1000 drainage days (95% CI, 6.2–16.5). The pathogens most commonly identified were coagulase-negative 葡萄球菌（62％）随后 肠球菌SPP。（19％）。EVD相关感染的患者具有明显更长的ICU（11天， P. < 0.01 ）和住院住宿（20与28.5天， P. < 0.01 ）比没有没有的患者。EVD相关感染患者的外引流总持续时间是患者的两倍（6与12天， P. < 0.01 ）。然而，在没有EVD相关感染的患者中，第一次EVD放置和EVD相关感染和EVD除去的持续时间没有显着差异（6天与7天， P. = 0.87 ）， 分别。有趣的是，可以在患者的队列中识别EVD相关感染的危险因素。SN - 1687-708X UR - HTTPS：//Doi.org/10.1155/2014/708531 Do - 10.1155/2014 / 708531 JF - 跨学科透视传染病PB - Hindwi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -