The mortality of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections: need for a new vital statistic?

International journal of epidemiology ·Vol. 17 ·No. 1 ·1988-03-00 ·Pages 225-7

Wenzel RP

Abstract

Available data on both crude mortality and attributable mortality of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections suggest that such infections represent an important cause of death in the US. The use of 95% confidence limits for attributable mortality and current national vital statistics data for septicaemia corroborate the general hypothesis.

MeSH Terms

Cross Infection/mortality Humans Sepsis/mortality United States Vital Statistics

Authors & Affiliations

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Wenzel R P

Department of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242.

Article Info

Journal

International journal of epidemiology

Abbr.

Int J Epidemiol

ISSN

0300-5771

DOI

10.1093/ije/17.1.225

Published

1988-03-00

Pages

225-7

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

7802871

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1093/ije/17.1.225 View journal details

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