Long-term outcomes from nosocomial infections in persons with spinal cord injuries and disorders

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 393-400

  LaVela, Sherri L ^a,b   Evans, Charlesnika T ^a   Miskevics, Scott ^a   Parada, Jorge P ^a,c   Priebe, Michael ^a   Weaver, Frances M ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 34447630262     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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