Epidemiology of infections at the intensive care unit;Epidemiologia zakażeń w oddziale intensywnej terapii

Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski

Volumn 20, Issue 117, 2006, Pages 309-314

  Siegel, Tomasz ^a   Mikaszewska Sokolewicz, Małgorzata ^a   Mayzner Zawadzka, Ewa ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Infections; Intensive care units; Length of stay; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SYMPTOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS; POLAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; POLAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645709036     PISSN: 14269686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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