Discordance between perception and treatment practices associated with intensive care unit-acquired bacteriuria and funguria: A Canadian physician survey

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1158-1167

  Chant, Clarence ^a,b   Dos Santos, Claudia C ^a,b   Saccucci, Paola ^a   Smith, Orla M ^a   Marshall, John C ^a,b   Friedrich, Jan O ^a,b,c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Bacteriuria; Critical care; Survey; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABNORMAL URINE COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIURIA; CANADA; FOLLOW UP; FUNGURIA; FUNGUS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; URINALYSIS; URINARY CATHETER;

EID: 41649111264     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181692af9     Document Type: Article

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