Importance of infection on mortality in burn patients. Multivariate study in 1 773 intensive care unit patients;Importancia de la infección en la mortalidad del enfermo quemado. Estudio multivariante en 1.773 enfermos ingresados en unidad de cuidados intensivos

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 580-584

  Herruzo, Rafael ^a   Banegas, José R ^a   de la Cruz, Juan J ^a   Muñoz Ratero, Santiago ^a   Garcia Torres, Vidal ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burns; Death; Intensive care unit; Prognostic factors; Ten days

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BODY SURFACE; BURN PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BURNS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROGNOSIS; SPAIN; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 70449526789     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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