Prevalence and patterns of infection in critically ill trauma patients admitted to the trauma ICU, South Africa
Author(s) -
Jayandiran Pillai,
Ceyhan Yazicioglu,
Maeyane Stephens Moeng,
Thomas B Rangaka,
Taalib Monareng,
Raja Jayakrishnan,
Martin Veller,
Daniella Pinkus
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.5865
Subject(s) - polytrauma , medicine , intensive care unit , sepsis , emergency medicine , mechanical ventilation , injury severity score , critically ill , sofa score , prospective cohort study , apache ii , major trauma , intensive care medicine , surgery , poison control , injury prevention
The aim of this study was to determine if any patterns of infection or bacterial resistance existed in critically ill polytrauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at the CM Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH).
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