Impact of infection on length of intensive care unit stay after intracerebral hemorrhage

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-275

  Ohwaki, Kazuhiro ^a   Yano, Eiji ^a   Nagashima, Hiroshi ^a   Nakagomi, Tadayoshi ^a   Tamura, Akira ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complication; Critical care; Infection; Intensive care units; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42949134998     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-007-9007-1     Document Type: Article

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