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Health-care-Associated Bloodstream Infections at Admission to the ICU

Jordi Vallés, Francisco Álvarez-Lerma, Mercedes Palomar, Armando Blanco, Ana Escoresca, Fernándo Arméstar, José María Sirvent, Carina Balasini, Rafael Zaragoza, María Marín

CHEST Journal · 2010 · 28 citations · 27 references

Concepts

Veterinary MedicineCritical Care NursingInfectious DiseasesAntimicrobial StewardshipInfection PreventionSepsisBloodstream InfectionsClinical Recognition Of SepsisHealthcare-associated InfectionsInfection ManagementNosocomial InfectionsSepsis ManagementBloodstream Infection DiagnosisClinical Outcomes Of Bloodstream InfectionRisk Factors For Bloodstream Infection

References

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APACHE II

William A. Knaus, Elizabeth A. Draper, Douglas P. Wagner et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 1985 · 13.7K citations

Medicine, Internal Medicine, Clinical Classification Systems +16

APACHE II-A Severity of Disease Classification System

William A. Knaus, Elizabeth A. Draper, Douglas P. Wagner et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 1986 · 13.4K citations

Health Professions, Biostatistics, Clinical Classification Systems +12

CDC definitions for nosocomial infections, 1988

Julia S. Garner, William R. Jarvis, T.Grace Emori et al. · American Journal of Infection Control · 1988 · 5.8K citations

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Disease Control, Infectious Diseases +14

Health Care–Associated Bloodstream Infections in Adults: A Reason To Change the Accepted Definition of Community-Acquired Infections

N. Deborah Friedman · Annals of Internal Medicine · 2002 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

Nosocomial bloodstream infection in critically ill patients. Excess length of stay, extra costs, and attributable mortality

Didier Pittet · JAMA · 1994 · 1.4K citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Acute Care Medicine +14