Low caloric intake is associated with nosocomial bloodstream infections in patients in the medical intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 350-357

  Rubinson, Lewis ^a   Diette, Gregory B ^a,b   Song, Xiaoyan ^c   Brower, Roy G ^a   Krishnan, Jerry A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteral nutrition; Infection; Intensive care units; Nutritional support; Parenteral nutrition; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CALORIC INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EATING; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 1242297575     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000089641.06306.68     Document Type: Article

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