Nosocomial blood-stream infection in patients with end-stage renal disease: Excess length of hospital stay, extra cost and attributable mortality

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 224-227

  Liu, J W ^a   Su, Y K ^a   Liu, C F ^a   Chen, J B ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attributable mortality; End stage renal disease; Excess length of hospital stay; Extra cost; Nosocomial blood stream infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; LENGTH OF STAY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEPSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LENGTH OF STAY; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAIWAN;

EID: 0036511649     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2001.1162     Document Type: Article

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