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Multiple time scales in modeling the incidence of infections acquired in intensive care units
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 pathogen...
Autores principales: | Wolkewitz, Martin, Cooper, Ben S., Palomar-Martinez, Mercedes, Alvarez-Lerma, Francisco, Olaechea-Astigarraga, Pedro, Barnett, Adrian G., Schumacher, Martin |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5009530/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27586677 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-016-0199-y |
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