On the role of length of stay in healthcare-associated bloodstream infection

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1213-1218

  Jeon, Christie Y ^a,b   Neidell, Matthew ^c   Jia, Haomiao ^a   Sinisi, Matt ^a   Larson, Elaine ^a  

^a Columbia University School of Nursing ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869168780     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668422     Document Type: Article

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