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Monitoring Quality of Care Through Linkage of Administrative Data: National Trends in Bloodstream Infection in U.K. PICUs 2003-2012. [PDF]

, 2015
OBJECTIVES Interventions to reduce hospital-acquired bloodstream infection have succeeded in reducing rates in U.S. PICUs, but there is a lack of evidence for the impact of similar interventions in the United Kingdom.
Tibby, Shane M, Muller-Pebody, Berit, Wade, Angie, Parslow, Roger, Mok, Q, Gilbert, R, Muller-Pebody, B, Parslow, R, Harron, Katie, Harron, K, Wade, A, Tibby, SM, Mok, Quen, Gilbert, Ruth   +13 more
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Modeling Pneumonia-Induced Bloodstream Infection Using Graph Theory to Estimate Hospital Mortality

Technologies, 2020
Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) bloodstream infections comprise a major cause of crude hospital mortality. This is a cross-sectional study that used claims data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (N = 565,875).
Dimitrios Zikos, Maria Athanasopoulou
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Hospital-acquired, laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection: increased hospital stay and direct costs. [PDF]

, 2002
OBJECTIVES: To determine increased hospital stay and direct costs attributable to hospital-acquired, laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection (BSI), and to evaluate the matching variable length of stay (LOS).
NOAH N., Noah, Norman, Orsi, Giovanni Battista, DI STEFANO L., Di Stefano, Lidia   +4 more
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Impact of adherence to individual quality-of-care indicators on the prognosis of bloodstream infection due to Staphylococcus aureus: a prospective observational multicentre cohort [PDF]

, 2022
Objectives To analyse the adherence and impact of quality-of-care indicators (QCIs) in the management of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection in a prospective and multicentre cohort. Methods Analysis of the prospective, multicentre international S.
Escrihuela-Vidal, Francesc, Kaasch, Achim J, Thwaites, Guy, von Cube, Maja, Scarborough, Matt   +4 more
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Bloodstream form pre-adaptation to the tsetse fly in Trypanosoma brucei [PDF]

, 2013
African trypanosomes are sustained in the bloodstream of their mammalian hosts by their extreme capacity for antigenic variation. However, for life cycle progression, trypanosomes also must generate transmission stages called stumpy forms that are pre ...
Szoor, Balazs; id_orcid, Matthews, KR, Binny M. Mony, Keith Roland Matthews, Paula MacGregor, Paula eMacGregor, Mony, BM, Mony, B, Balazs eSzoor, Macgregor, Paula, Matthews, Keith R; id_orcid, MacGregor, P, Matthews, K, Mony, Binny M, Balazs Szoor, Rojas, Federico, Rico, Eva, Keith R. Matthews, Eva eRico, Rojas, F, Eva Rico, Federico Rojas, Szoor, B, Federico eRojas, Binny M Mony, Rico, E   +25 more
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High Prevalence of Tuberculosis and Serious Bloodstream Infections in Ambulatory Individuals Presenting for Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi [PDF]

, 2011
Background Tuberculosis (TB) and serious bloodstream infections (BSI) may contribute to the high early mortality observed among patients qualifying for antiretroviral therapy (ART) with unexplained weight loss, chronic fever or chronic diarrhea. Methods
Ramsay Andrew R., Åkesson, A, Ann Akesson, Polis, M A, Corbett, E L, Ramsay, Andrew R, Anderson Suzanne T. B., Heyderman, R S, Harries, Anthony D, Zachariah Rony, Chan, A K, Adrienne K Chan, Elizabeth L Corbett, Heyderman Robert S., van Lettow, M, Robert S Heyderman, Chan, Adrienne K, Anderson, S T B, Richard A Bedell, Ramsay, A R, Chan Adrienne K., Zachariah, Rony, Harries, A D, Kumwenda, Moses, Kumwenda, M, Akesson, Ann, Corbett, Elizabeth L, Anderson, Suzanne TB, Anderson, Suzanne T B, Suzanne T B Anderson, Anthony D Harries, Zachariah, R, Bedell, R A, Corbett Elizabeth L., Monique van Lettow, Åkesson Ann, Andrew R Ramsay, Bedell, Richard A, van Lettow Monique, Kumwenda Moses, Bedell Richard A., Harries Anthony D., van Lettow, Monique, Heyderman, Robert S, Moses Kumwenda, Rony Zachariah   +45 more
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Incidence and Risk Factors of Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, 2021
Introduction:Nosocomial bloodstream infection (BSI) is an important problem in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) due to high mortality rates, increased hospitalization and costs. We aimed to define the risk factors, incidence and the microorganisms of
Fatma Akgül, Gazi Arslan, Ünal Utku Karaarslan, Murat Duman, Tolga Fikri Köroğlu   +4 more
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Improved hospital-level risk adjustment for surveillance of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2009
Background: to allow direct comparison of bloodstream infection (BSI) rates between hospitals for performance measurement, observed rates need to be risk adjusted according to the types of patients cared for by the hospital.
Clements, A.C.A, Whitby, M., Jones, M.A., Haynes MA, M Whitby, Haynes, M.A., Morton, A. P., Clements ACA, Tong ENC, AP Morton, Haynes, M. A., Tong, E.N.C., Whitby M, ENC Tong, Clements, A. C. A., Morton AP, Morton, A.P., ACA Clements, Jones, M. A., MA Jones, Tong, E. N. C., MA Haynes, Jones MA   +22 more
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Current Approach for the Prevention of Central Venous Catheter-related Bloodstream Infections in Children

Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, 2021
Central line-associated bloodstream infections are the most common and significant complications of central venous catheters. The development of central line-associated bloodstream infection in children is increasingly recognized worldwide, although it ...
Ebru Melek Benligül, Murat Bektaş, Gazi Arslan   +2 more
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Surveillance of central line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) – comparison of current (CDC/NHSN) and modified criteria: A prospective study

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2023
Background and Aims: There is a huge load of central line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) being reported in developing countries, with increased mortality and healthcare costs. Effective surveillance is a must to reduce the incidence of CLABSI.
Durgesh Rai, Pravin Kumar, Poonam Gupta, Pardeep K Verma   +3 more
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