Infections in the Intensive Care Unit: Posttransplant Infections

Fiona Winterbottom; Misty Jenkins

doi:10.1016/j.cnc.2016.09.002

Infections in the Intensive Care Unit: Posttransplant Infections

Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2017 Mar;29(1):97-110. doi: 10.1016/j.cnc.2016.09.002. Epub 2016 Nov 24.

Authors

Fiona Winterbottom¹, Misty Jenkins²

Affiliations

¹ Pulmonary Critical Care, Ochsner Medical Center, Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA. Electronic address: Fwinterbottom@ochsner.org.
² Pulmonary Critical Care, Ochsner Medical Center, Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Posttransplant ICU care; Posttransplant infections; Risk factors; Solid organ transplantation.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Continuity of Patient Care
Critical Care Nursing
Humans
Immunocompromised Host / immunology
Intensive Care Units*
Organ Transplantation / adverse effects*
Organ Transplantation / mortality
Postoperative Complications* / mortality
Risk Factors
Wound Infection / diagnosis*
Wound Infection / microbiology
Wound Infection / therapy