Nosocomial bloodstream infection in critically ill patients. Excess length of stay, extra costs, and attributable mortality

Pittet, Didier

doi:10.1001/jama.271.20.1598

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Nosocomial bloodstream infection in critically ill patients. Excess length of stay, extra costs, and attributable mortality

Published in JAMA • May 25, 1994

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Didier Pittet

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the excess length of stay, extra costs, and mortality attributable to nosocomial bloodstream infection in critically ill patients. DESIGN: Pairwise-matched (1:1) case-control study. SETTING: Surgical intensive care unit (SICU) in a tertiary health care institution. PATIENTS: ...

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Medicine

Bloodstream infection

Confidence interval

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