A survey of infection in an intensive care unit ‘Forewarned is forearmed’
- 1 July 1979
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Anaesthesia
- Vol. 34 (7) , 643-650
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1979.tb06364.x
Abstract
The infection (36%) and mortality rates (28%) were investigated in 433 patients admitted to a Respiratory Intensive Care Unit. It was found that the mortality rate was higher (45%) in the infected group than in the non-infected group (19%) and particularly so in patients who had had intra-abdominal surgery or who remained in the unit for longer than a week.Keywords
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