The epidemiologic features of nosocomial infections in patients with trauma
SE Pories, RL Gamelli, PB Mead, G Goodwin… - Archives of …, 1991 - jamanetwork.com
• Sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with trauma. To elucidate
factors that might lead to infection, we studied the epidemiologic characteristics of
nosocomial infections in our patient population with trauma. During a 3.5-year period, 2496
patients were entered into our hospital trauma registry and cross-matched with hospital
infection control surveillance information. Two hundred twenty-nine patients with trauma and
nosocomial infections were identified (9.2%), a figure that was nearly twice the nosocomial …
factors that might lead to infection, we studied the epidemiologic characteristics of
nosocomial infections in our patient population with trauma. During a 3.5-year period, 2496
patients were entered into our hospital trauma registry and cross-matched with hospital
infection control surveillance information. Two hundred twenty-nine patients with trauma and
nosocomial infections were identified (9.2%), a figure that was nearly twice the nosocomial …