A three-day course of dexamethasone therapy to prevent chronic lung disease in ventilated neonates: a randomized trialJ S Garland
Department of Pediatrics, St Joseph s Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Pediatrics 104:91-9. 1999
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Pilot trial to compare tolerance of chlorhexidine gluconate to povidone-iodine antisepsis for central venous catheter placement in neonatesJ S Garland
Department of Pediatrics, Wheaton Franciscan Health Care, St Joseph Hospital, Milwaukee, WI 53210, USA
J Perinatol 29:808-13. 2009
..Chlorhexidine gluconate absorption was also evaluated...
Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in neonatesJeffery S Garland
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, St Joseph Hospital, Glendale, 5000 West Chamber, Milwaukee, WI 53210, USA
Clin Perinatol 37:629-43. 2010
..This review examines the epidemiology and pathogenesis of VAP in neonates as well as the dilemmas faced by caregivers to diagnose and prevent VAP...
The 2002 Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guideline for prevention of intravascular device-related infectionJeffery S Garland
Department of Pediatrics, St Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI 53210, USA
Pediatrics 110:1009-13. 2002
A randomized trial comparing povidone-iodine to a chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated dressing for prevention of central venous catheter infections in neonatesJ S Garland
St Joseph s Hospital, Milwaukee, WI 53210, USA
Pediatrics 107:1431-6. 2001
..Neonates who require a central venous catheter (CVC) for prolonged vascular access experience high rates of catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI)...
Strategies to prevent bacterial and fungal infection in the neonatal intensive care unitJeffery S Garland
Wheaton Franciscan Health Care, St Joseph Hospital, 3070 North 51st Street, Suite 309 Milwaukee, WI 53210, USA
Clin Perinatol 36:1-13. 2009
..Strategies to prevent fungal infections, which are often associated with the presence of a central venous catheter, are also reviewed. Finally, the dilemmas in the diagnosis and prevention of VAP in the NICU are discussed...
Cohort study of the pathogenesis and molecular epidemiology of catheter-related bloodstream infection in neonates with peripherally inserted central venous cathetersJeffery S Garland
Department of Pediatrics, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare St Joseph, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:243-9. 2008
..To better define the pathogenesis of catheter-related bloodstream infection (BSI) in neonates with peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICCs) to guide the development of more effective strategies for prevention...
A vancomycin-heparin lock solution for prevention of nosocomial bloodstream infection in critically ill neonates with peripherally inserted central venous catheters: a prospective, randomized trialJeffery S Garland
Department of Pediatrics, St Joseph's Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Pediatrics 116:e198-205. 2005
..The use of an anti-infective lock solution for prevention of CRBSI with long-term intravascular devices has achieved proof of principle and warrants selective application in clinical practice...
Cord blood and postnatal serum leptin and its relationship to steroid use and growth in sick preterm infantsP S Shekhawat
Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 13:1571-6. 2000
..To study the effect of prenatal and postnatal glucocorticoids use on serum leptin and weight gain in sick preterm infants and its correlation with caloric intake...
Outbreak of Serratia marcescens infection in a neonatal intensive care unitG A Prasad
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, Milwaukee, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 22:303-5. 2001
..Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed that all isolates were identical strains. Cohorting and isolation of the infected neonates helped to control the outbreak. No environmental source of infection was found...