Wound Botulism in Injection Drug Users: Time to Antitoxin Correlates with Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay

OBJECTIVES: We sought to identify factors associated with need for mechanical ventilation (MV), length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay, length of hospital stay, and poor outcome in injection drug users (IDUs) with wound botulism (WB). METHODS: This is a retrospective review of WB patients admitted...

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Autores principales: Offerman, Steven R., Schaefer, Melissa, Thundiyil, Joseph G., Cook, Matthew D., Holmes, James F.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2009
Materias:
Trauma/Critical Care
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2791728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20046244

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2791728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20046244

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