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Prevalence of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Neurosurgical Intensive Care Patients – The Overdiagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections
Background: Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are profound causes of prolonged hospital stay and worse patient outcomes. HAIs pose serious risks, particularly in neurosurgical patients in the intensive care unit, as these patients are seldom able to express symptoms of infection, with only elevate...
Autores principales: | Podkovik, Stacey, Toor, Harjyot, Gattupalli, Maya, Kashyap, Samir, Brazdzionis, James, Patchana, Tye, Bonda, Sruthi, Wong, Serena, Kang, Christine, Mo, Kevin, Wacker, Margaret Rose, Miulli, Dan E, Wang, Sharon |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6816532/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31667030 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5494 |
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