ppharmПедиатрическая фармакологияPediatric pharmacology1727-57762500-3089Издательство «ПедиатрЪ»10.15690/pf.v10i6.893ppharm-154Research ArticleНЕОТЛОЖНЫЕ СОСТОЯНИЯ У ДЕТЕЙEMERGENCY CONDITIONS IN CHILDRENПРОФИЛАКТИКА КАТЕТЕРАССОЦИИРОВАННОЙ ИНФЕКЦИИ У НОВОРОЖДЕННЫХPREVENTION OF CATHETER-ASSOCIATED INFECTION IN NEONATESЖирковаЮ. В.TepaevR. F.

доктор медицинских наук, заведующий отделением реанимации и интенсивной терапии ФГБУ «Научный центр здоровья детей» РАМН, профессор кафедры педиатрии с курсом детской ревматологии Первого Московского государственного медицинскогоуниверситета им. И.М. Сеченова

PhD, head of the resuscitation and intensive care department at the Scientific Center of Children’s Health, Professor of the pediatrics department with a course of pediatric rheumatology at the First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University

tepaev@nczd.ruТепаевР. Ф.TepaevR. F.КучеровЮ. И.KucherovY. I.Научный центр здоровья детей РАМН, Москва Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет им. И.М. Сеченова Минздрава РоссииРоссияScientific Center of Children’s Health, Moscow First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of RussiaRussian FederationНаучный центр здоровья детей РАМН, Москва, Российская Федерация Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет им. И.М. Сеченова Минздрава РоссииРоссияScientific Center of Children’s Health, Moscow, Russian Federation First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of RussiaRussian Federation201302122013106Педиатрическая фармакология2832Copyright © Жиркова Ю.В., Тепаев Р.Ф., Кучеров Ю.И., 20132013Жиркова Ю.В., Тепаев Р.Ф., Кучеров Ю.И.Tepaev R.F., Tepaev R.F., Kucherov Y.I.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.pedpharma.ru/jour/article/view/154

The article is dedicated to an urgent issue of intensive therapy in neonatology – prevention of catheter-related blood flow infections. The article dwells upon etiological factors, formation mechanisms and modern methods of preventing colonization of central venous catheters and catheter-related infections.

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