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Critical Care Medicine, 2021
Objective: The first 70 years of critical care can be considered a period of “industrial revolution-like” advancement in terms of progressing the understanding and care of critical illness. Unfortunately, like the industrial revolution’s impact on the environment, advancing ICU care of increasingly elderly, immunosuppressed ...
Marin H, Kollef +4 more
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Objective: The first 70 years of critical care can be considered a period of “industrial revolution-like” advancement in terms of progressing the understanding and care of critical illness. Unfortunately, like the industrial revolution’s impact on the environment, advancing ICU care of increasingly elderly, immunosuppressed ...
Marin H, Kollef +4 more
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Medical Clinics of North America, 1983
Recent developments in the understanding of nosocomial infection in general and nosocomial respiratory infections in particular are elucidated. Although the discussion focuses on aerobic bacteria, data are presented to indicate the growing realization that unusual and newly discovered microorganisms play a significant role in hospital-acquired ...
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Recent developments in the understanding of nosocomial infection in general and nosocomial respiratory infections in particular are elucidated. Although the discussion focuses on aerobic bacteria, data are presented to indicate the growing realization that unusual and newly discovered microorganisms play a significant role in hospital-acquired ...
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Nosocomial infection with hepatitis A
Journal of Infection, 1985Nosocomial spread of hepatitis A is very uncommon but may occur under unusual circumstances, as shown by the incident described here and by the few other published reports. In this incident it is concluded that the patient, who was the index case, was excreting hepatitis A virus in the faeces 16 days before jaundice developed and 17 days before alanine
W M, Edgar, A D, Campbell
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The Costs of Nosocomial Infections
Medical Care, 2008Although nosocomial infections (NIs) are widely regarded as expensive complications of healthcare delivery, their costs have not been rigorously quantified in large-scale studies. Additionally, problems that can bias cost estimates have often gone unaddressed.
Meredith L, Kilgore +5 more
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Waterborne nosocomial infections
Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2000Waterborne pathogens cause infections in health-care facilities. Despite guidelines addressing these pathogens, outbreaks and pseudo-outbreaks continue to occur. We reviewed recent reports of infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Chryseobacterium species, nontuberculous mycobacteria, and Legionella species ...
, Squier, , Yu, , Stout
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Stethoscopes and nosocomial infection
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2000Stethoscopes are an essential tool of the medical profession and can become a source of nosocomial infection. A study conducted in the Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital showed a high carriage of methicillin resistant staphylococcus (69.76%) and multi-drug resistant Gram negative bacilli (20.93%) on regularly used ...
S, Sengupta, A, Sirkar, P G, Shivananda
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Obesity and nosocomial infections
Journal of Hospital Infection, 2013The prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) is a major goal in modern healthcare. Intrinsic, patient-related factors may contribute to the risk of HCAIs.To review the association between obesity and the risk and outcome of HCAIs.A PubMed search of relevant studies on obesity and nosocomial infections and obesity and dosing of ...
Syrjänen Jaana +2 more
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Surveillance of nosocomial infections
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 1989Surveillance for nosocomial infections is one of the most effective quality assurance outcome measurements of health care. To provide the most reliable data, organization is the key to reporting good data. Specific criteria must be defined, and where and how the necessary data is most readily available must be determined.
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Nutrition, 2002 Reimbursement for Nosocomial Infections
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1988Excerpt To the editor: Under the prospective payment system, hospitals are reimbursed a fixed amount for each admission, based on the kind of surgical procedures done or the patient's diagnosis at ...
J M, Boyce, L, Dziobek, G, Potter-Bynoe
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