Lfa Camargo
Albert Einstein Hospital
7 Papers
21 Citations
Lfa Camargo is an academic researcher from Albert Einstein Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Intensive care unit & Central venous catheter. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 7 publications.
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Papers
Prevalence of cytomegalovirus infection among patients in an intensive care unit
GL Büchele,Lfa Camargo,Alexandre R Marra,Rgr Cal,J. P. Sousa,Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos,Mdv Martino,Jacyr Pasternak,E Knobel +8 more
TL;DR: Patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are exposed to immunosuppressive-related factors and are prone to develop CMV infection and disease.
Preliminary results of a prospective randomized study comparing the effect of double-lumen central venous catheters impregnated with chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine with the standard on colonization
GL Büchele,Acb Sogayar,Lfa Camargo,Alexandre R Marra,Rgr Cal,J. P. Sousa,V Michels,Expedito Eustáquio Ribeiro da Silva,Fernanda Samarini Machado,LF Poli,Mdv Martino,E Knobel +11 more
TL;DR: No positive effect has been shown primarily for triple-lumen catheters used in the intensive care (ICU) setting, but one of them is the use of antimicrobial-impregnatedCatheters.
Manual De Microbiologia Medica
Joseph L. Melnick,Edward A. Adelberg,Aline A. Uehara,Efigênia L. T. Amorin,Maria de Fátima Ferreira,Claudia Ferreira de Andrade,Lfa Camargo,FV De Marco,Csv Barbas,C Hoelz +9 more
- 01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: Canese et al. as mentioned in this paper published a Manual de microbiologia and parasitologia medica, which was used in the herbarium IZTA at the Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala.
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Quality improvement tools (PDCA cycle) enhances compliance to nosocomial infection preventive measures: experience of a medical-surgical ICU
TL;DR: Monitoring and improving compliance rates to preventive measures can help maintain nosocomial infection rates within acceptable ranges and even prevent outbreaks.
Double-lumen central venous catheters impregnated with chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine as a prevention of catheter colonization in the intensive care unit setting: a prospective randomized study
Lfa Camargo,GL Büchele,Alexandre R Marra,Ruy Guilherme Rodrigues Cal,J. P. Sousa,F Machado,Amcb Sogayar,V Michels,Expedito Eustáquio Ribeiro da Silva,Mdv Martino,E Knobel,LF Poli +11 more
TL;DR: A positive effect has been shown primarily for triple-lumen catheters used in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting to prevent colonization and infection related to CVC.