Increases in mortality, length of stay, and cost associated with hospital-acquired infections in trauma patients

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 794-801

  Glance, Laurent G ^a   Stone, Pat W ^b   Mukamel, Dana B ^c   Dick, Andrew W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79960386269     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.41     Document Type: Article

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