Risk factors for pneumonia, bacteremia, and urinary tract infection in an intensive care unit;Factores de riesgo de neumonía, bacteriemia e infección urinaria en una unidad de cuidados intensivos

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 109, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 733-737

  De Irala Estévez, Jokin ^a   Fernández Crehuet Navajas, Rafael ^b   Díaz Molina, Carmen ^b   Martínez De La Concha, Diego ^b   Salcedo Leal, Inmaculada ^b   Masa Calles, Josefa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia Cordoba   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031590521     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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