Prolonged urinary catheterization, a factor associated with intensive care infections and deaths

Background and aim: Health Care Associated Infection (HCAI), especially nosocomial infection (NCI) in intensive care units (ICUs), has remained a major cause of mortality and morbidity. In this study, the rate of HCAI and the factors associated with both NCIs and deaths in ICUs were assessed in a la...

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Main Authors: Seyed Mansour Razavi, Soheila Dabiran, Ahmad Ataei, Alipasha Meysamie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2014-04-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090730314000188