Prevalence and Outcomes of Infection Among Patients in Intensive Care Units in 2017

Vincent, Jean‐Louis; Sakr, Yasser; Singer, Mervyn; Martín‐Loeches, Ignacio; Ribeiro Machado, Flávia; C. Marshall, John; Finfer, Simon; Pelosi, Paolo; Brazzi, Luca; Aditianingsih, Dita; Timsit, Jean‐François; Du, Bin; Wittebole, Xavier; Máca, Jan; Kannan, Santhana; A. Gorordo-Delsol, Luis; J. De Waele, Jan; Mehta, Yatin; J. M. Bonten, Marc; K. Khanna, Ashish; H. Kollef, Marin; Human, Mariesa; C. Angus, Derek; the EPIC III Investigators, for

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.2717

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Prevalence and Outcomes of Infection Among Patients in Intensive Care Units in 2017

Published in JAMA • Mar 24, 2020

Authors:

Jean‐Louis Vincent

Yasser Sakr

Mervyn Singer

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Infection is frequent among patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Contemporary information about the types of infections, causative pathogens, and outcomes can aid the development of policies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and resource allocation and may assist in the design ...

Subject

Medicine

Intensive care unit

Observational study

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