Recommendations for reporting treatment of aortic graft infections

O E Teebken; T Bisdas; O Assadian; J-B Ricco

doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.11.003

Recommendations for reporting treatment of aortic graft infections

Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2012 Feb;43(2):174-81. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.11.003. Epub 2011 Dec 11.

Authors

O E Teebken¹, T Bisdas, O Assadian, J-B Ricco

Affiliation

¹ Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, OE 6210, 30625 Hannover, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 22155121
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.11.003

Abstract

The purpose of these recommendations is to provide a standard format for reporting treatment results and standardised epidemiologic data after aortic vascular graft infection to improve the comparison of clinical outcomes between different therapeutic approaches and different study populations. Analytical reporting standards for patients' characteristics, type and extent of the disease, type of treatment and study design are described. Adherence to these recommendations will improve clinical relevance, quality and comparability of future studies dealing with aortic vascular graft infections.

MeSH terms

Blood Vessel Prosthesis / microbiology*
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
Comorbidity
Demography
Disease Notification / standards*
Europe
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
Risk Factors
United States