Pediatric mortality due to nosocomial infection: a critical approach
Nosocomial infection is a frequent event with potentially lethal consequences. We reviewed the literature on the predictive factors for mortality related to nosocomial infection in pediatric medicine. Electronic searches in English, Spanish and Portuguese of the PubMed/MEDLINE, LILACS and Cochrane C...
Main Authors: | Julia Marcia Maluf Lopes, Eugenio Marcos Andrade Goulart, Carlos Ernesto Ferreira Starling |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000500013&lng=en&tlng=en |
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