Association between APACHE II score and nosocomial infections in intensive care unit patients: A multicenter cohort study

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 262-265

  Suka, Machi ^a   Yoshida, Katsumi ^a   Takezawa, Jun ^b  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

APACHE II score; ICU; Multicenter cohort study; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 10044278987     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.9.262     Document Type: Article

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