Open AccessMorbidity and mortality risk factors in emergency department patients with Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia
Author(s) -
Ruixia Sun,
Priscilla Song,
Joseph Harold Walline,
Wei He,
Yingchun Xu,
Huadong Zhu,
Xuezhong Yu,
Jun Xu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1920-8642
DOI - 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2020.03.006
Subject(s) - bacteremia , medicine , emergency department , acinetobacter baumannii , logistic regression , retrospective cohort study , central venous catheter , risk factor , mortality rate , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , catheter , surgery , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , genetics , psychiatry , bacteria , biology
Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) bacteremia is an increasingly common and often fatal nosocomial infection. Identification of morbidity and mortality risk factors for AB bacteremia in emergency department (ED) patients may provide ways to improve the clinical outcomes of these patients.