Multiple time scales in modeling the incidence of infections acquired in intensive care units

Multiple time scales in modeling the incidence of infections acquired in intensive care units

Abstract Background When patients are admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) their risk of getting an infection will be highly depend on the length of stay at-risk in the ICU. In addition, risk of infection is likely to vary over calendar time as a result of fluctuations in the prevalence of the p...

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Main Authors: Martin Wolkewitz, Ben S. Cooper, Mercedes Palomar-Martinez, Francisco Alvarez-Lerma, Pedro Olaechea-Astigarraga, Adrian G. Barnett, Martin Schumacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-09-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Real-time approach
Left-truncation
Competing events
Incidence density
Infection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-016-0199-y

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