Hospital-acquired viral infection increases mortality in children with severe viral respiratory infection

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Spaeder, Michael C ^a   Fackler, James C ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

child; intensive care; nosocomial infections; outcomes research; pediatrics; respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 81155134191     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3182230f6e     Document Type: Article

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