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Infections acquired in a pediatric hospital
The Journal of Pediatrics, 1972During the first year of an active surveillance program at The Children's Hospital Medical Center, 558 hospital-acquired infections (4.6 per 100 admissions) were detected among 392 patients (3.2 per cent of hospital admissions). Wound infections were the most common hospital-acquired infection, followed by infections of the urinary tract, respiratory ...
P, Gardner, D G, Carles
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Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infections
Surgical Infections, 2016Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a persistent concern and include surgical site infections, intravascular line-associated infections, pneumonia, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, and C. difficile infection.Review of the pertinent English-language literature.Hospital-acquired infections result in significant increases in morbidity ...
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2: Hospital‐acquired infections
Medical Journal of Australia, 2002■ About 6% of patients acquire an Infection in hospital, and the incidence of hospital-acquired infections may be increasing. ■ Common hospital-acquired infections are respiratory and urinary tract infections, surgical wound infections and infections associated with intravascular cannulas.
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Hospital-Acquired Infections in Children
New England Journal of Medicine, 1990The epidemic on an infant–toddler surgical ward that Rhinehart et al.1 describe in this issue of the Journal has some of the classic characteristics of epidemics in adults and others that are typic...
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The cost of hospital-acquired infection
Journal of Hospital Infection, 1984Nosocomial infections have considerable economic consequences. The annual costs of nosocomial infections in Germany are estimated to be between DM 500 million and DM 1 billion. In the USA, approximately 34 million patients acquire an infection every year. If the average additional stay is only 4 days, at a cost of $600 per day, the annual cost would be
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Surgery (Oxford), 2015
The study and understanding of nosocomial infections have a very rich and colorful past in the field of obstetrics. Many of the basic principles of the spread and control of hospital-acquired infections resulted from the early work on puerperal sepsis.
Bradley J. Hensley, John R.T. Monson
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The study and understanding of nosocomial infections have a very rich and colorful past in the field of obstetrics. Many of the basic principles of the spread and control of hospital-acquired infections resulted from the early work on puerperal sepsis.
Bradley J. Hensley, John R.T. Monson
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2012
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) or nosocomial infections (Greek: nosokomeion = hospital) are defined in human medicine as 'all clinically apparent infections that were not present or incubating in the patient prior to hospital admission'. They typically occur 48 hours or later after admission, within 3 days of discharge or within 30 days of an ...
Inderdeep Walia, Rajiv Borle
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Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) or nosocomial infections (Greek: nosokomeion = hospital) are defined in human medicine as 'all clinically apparent infections that were not present or incubating in the patient prior to hospital admission'. They typically occur 48 hours or later after admission, within 3 days of discharge or within 30 days of an ...
Inderdeep Walia, Rajiv Borle
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Mortality due to hospital-acquired infection after cardiac surgery
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2022Nicolas Massart +2 more
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Incidence of hospital-acquired infection
Journal of Hospital Infection, 1993G A, Ayliffe, K, Mitchell
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1983
The ICU is intended for the reception and treatment of patients who are suffering from failure of one or more major systems. Respiratory, cardiocirculatory, and renal failure are the most frequently encountered, but in terms of morbidity and mortality, failure of the complex system which provides defence against infection has the most frustrating and ...
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The ICU is intended for the reception and treatment of patients who are suffering from failure of one or more major systems. Respiratory, cardiocirculatory, and renal failure are the most frequently encountered, but in terms of morbidity and mortality, failure of the complex system which provides defence against infection has the most frustrating and ...
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