Impact of Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Infection on Hospital Mortality in Japan: A Multicenter Cohort Study

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 53-57

  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

Drug resistance; Hospital mortality; ICU; Multicenter cohort study; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CALCULATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAPAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VENTILATOR;

EID: 1842786504     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.9.53     Document Type: Article

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