Which Comorbid Conditions Should We Be Analyzing as Risk Factors for Healthcare-Associated Infections?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 449-454

  Harris, Anthony D ^a   Pineles, Lisa ^a   Anderson, Deverick ^b,c   Woeltje, Keith F ^d,k   Trick, William E ^e,f   Kaye, Keith S ^g   Yokoe, Deborah S ^h   Nyquist, Ann Christine ⁱ   Calfee, David P ^j   Leekha, Surbhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Cook County Health and Hospitals System ^*  (United States)

^g WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^j WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^k BJC HEALTHCARE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CATHETER; CATHETER INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ELIXHAUSER COMORBIDITY INDEX; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL EXPERT; METASTASIS; OBESITY; PARAPLEGIA; PEPTIC ULCER; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SOLID TUMOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BACTEREMIA; CONSENSUS; CROSS INFECTION; RISK FACTOR;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS; CROSS INFECTION; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85015406387     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.314     Document Type: Article

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