The burden of nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit: Effects on organ failure, mortality and costs. A nested case-control study

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 370-375

  Sánchez Velázquez, Luis D ^a,c   Ponce De León Rosales, Samuel ^b   Rangel Frausto, M Sigfrido ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Costs; Intensive care unit; Nosocomial infection; Organ failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE;

EID: 33644503839     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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