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Nosocomial infection in a pediatric intensive care unit.
Correia, M; Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa.; Simão, C; Lito, L M; Cabeçadas, M; Almeida, H; Carvalho, A; Rodrigues, GPatients in intensive care units (ICU) are 3 to 4 times more prone to nosocomial infection (NI) than patients in general wards owing to the severity of their pathology and the frequent use of invasive procedures. The aim of this study was to establish the incidence of NI in an ICU and the associated risk factors.During 18 months, all patients with severity scores III and IV (Clinical Classification System) were...
The microbiological profile of nosocomial infection in a respiratory intensive ...
Brum, G; Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa.; Monteiro, J T; Monteiro, F; Valença, J; Gonçalves, J R; Lito, L M; Couto, HIn 1987, in the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit of Santa Maria Hospital we developed a nosocomial surveillance program with specially created software that provides knowledge of NI in the ICU at any moment. The information gathered along the time is particularly useful in the correlation of the risk factors, the most frequent microorganisms and in the institution of empiric antibiotic therapy. Out of 2528 patie...
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