Open AccessIncidence of bacteremia at the time of ICU admission and its impact on outcome
Author(s) -
Prashant Nasa,
Deven Juneja,
Omender Singh,
Rohit Dang,
Vanita Arora,
SK Saxena
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.90615
Subject(s) - medicine , bacteremia , incidence (geometry) , outcome (game theory) , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , physics , optics , biology , mathematics , mathematical economics
Blood culture is routinely taken at the time of admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) for patients suspected to have infection. We undertook this study to determine the incidence of bacteremia at the time of ICU admission and to assess its impact on the outcome.