Regional analgesia catheter-related infections and the effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis in immunocompromised patients: A retrospective multicenter registry analysis
Regional analgesia catheter-related infections occur slightly earlier and are more frequent in immunocompromised patients. Antibiotics are marginally effective for catheter infection prophylaxis and should be restricted to patients who are severely immunocompromised with and at special risks.
Authors
- Thomas Volk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5175-7159)
- Alparslan Turan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9862-9306)
- Lukas M. Müller‐Wirtz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7984-1798)
- Kurt Ruetzler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0467-1736)
- Daniel I. Sessler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9932-3077)
- Sascha Ott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1475-2046)
- Christine Kubulus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0981-074X)
- William M. Patterson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1922-5555)
Institutions
- Outcomes Research Consortium (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2025.111826
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft