A stochastic model of nosocomial epidemics in hospital intensive care units
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[Nosocomial infections in the intensive care units].
BACKGROUND/AIM The risk for nosocomial infections (NIs) is 5-10 times higher in patients hospitalized in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) than in patients staying in other wards. The higher incidence rates of NIs in the ICUs may be explained by the fact that the patients in the ICUs have more severe underlying disease, and are exposed to the invasive diagnostic and therapeutical procedures. The ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Electronic Journal of Qualitative Theory of Differential Equations
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1417-3875
DOI: 10.14232/ejqtde.2017.1.6