Effect of infections on 30-day mortality among critically ill patients hospitalized in and out of the intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1097-1104

  Mnatzaganian, George ^a   Sprung, Charles L ^b   Zitser Gurevich, Yana ^a   Galai, Noya ^c   Goldschmidt, Nethanel ^a   Levi, Leon ^d   Bar Lavi, Yaron ^d   Zveibil, Fabio ^e   Salz, Inbal Weiss ^a   Ekka Zohar, Anat ^a   Simchen, Elisheva ^a,f  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood stream infection; Hospital acquired infection; Infection present on deterioration; Intensive care unit; Pneumonia; Resistant infections; Survival of critically ill patients; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 41649085552     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0B013E3181659610     Document Type: Article

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