Central line-associated bloodstream infection among children with biliary atresia listed for liver transplantation.

CONCLUSION: There is substantial risk for CLABSI among children with BA listed for liver transplantation. No clinical, demographic, or laboratory factor we tested emerged as an independent predictor of CLABSI. While our data did not show an impact of CLABSI on the short-term clinical outcome, it would seem prudent to implement CLABSI reduction strategies in this population to the extent that each CLABSI event represents potentially preventable hospitalization, unnecessary healthcare dollar expenditures, and may exact an opportunity cost, in terms of missed allograft offers. PMID: 30820270 [PubMed]
Source: World Journal of Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: World J Hepatol Source Type: research