NOSOCOMIAL BLOOD-STREAM INFECTION IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS - EXCESS LENGTH OF STAY, EXTRA COSTS, AND ATTRIBUTABLE MORTALITY
NOSOCOMIAL BLOOD-STREAM INFECTION IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS - EXCESS LENGTH OF STAY, EXTRA COSTS, AND ATTRIBUTABLE MORTALITY
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DOI:
10.1001/jama.271.20.1598
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发表时间:
1994-05-25
影响因子:
120.7
通讯作者:
WENZEL, RP
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作者:
PITTET, D;TARARA, D;WENZEL, RP
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-central study.Setting.-Surgical intensive care unit (SICU) in a tertiary health care institution.Patients.-All patients admitted in the SICU between July 1, 1988, and June 30, 1990, were eligible. Cases were defined as patients with nosocomial bloodstream infection; controls were selected according to matching variables in a stepwise fashion.Methods.-Matching variables were primary diagnosis for admission, age, sex, length of stay before the day of infection in cases, and total number of discharge diagnoses. Matching was successful for 89% of the cohort; 86 matched case-control pairs were studied.Main Outcome Measures.-Crude and attributable mortality, excess length of hospital and SICU stay, and overall costs.Results.-Nosocomial bloodstream infection complicated 2.67 per 100 admissions to the SICU during the study period. The crude mortality rates from cases and controls were 50% and 15%, respectively (P