Publications by authors named "Bernice Gulay Gulek"
Aim: To compare external ventricular drain-related infection (EVD-RI) rates of two Academic Medical Centers in Turkey and the US in order to determine the key factors.
Material And Methods: We performed an observational retrospective cohort study to compare the EVD-RI rates between two hospitals (Hospital T in Turkey; Hospital A in US). We analyzed data gathered from 736 patients (Hospital T, n=237; Hospital A, n=499), in a total of 736 EVD cases which occurred between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2018.