Relationship of catheter-associated urinary tract infection to mortality and length of stay in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational …

C Chant, OM Smith, JC Marshall… - Critical care …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To determine whether catheter-associated urinary tract infections are associated
with increased morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. Data Sources: MEDLINE,
HealthStar, EMBASE, and CINAHL databases from inception to June 2010 and
bibliographies of included studies without language restriction. Study Selection: Studies
reporting mortality or morbidity in adult intensive care unit patients with and without catheter-
associated urinary tract infections. Data Extraction: Two authors independently selected …