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Infection control in the intensive care unit.
Nosocomial infections are common in many hospital departments, but particularly so on the intensive care unit, where they affect some 20 to 30% of patients. While early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are, of course, important, perhaps the greatest challenge is in the application of techniques to limit the development of such infections. This review will briefly discuss some of the backgrou...
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“Infection Control In The Intensive Care Unit” by HK Saene, L Silvestri, MADe la Cal, and A Gullo, SpringerVerlag, 3 Edition, 2012, ISBN 9788847016002. «Infection Control In The Intensive Care Unit (ICU)», third edition, is a comprehensive book regarding the clinical microbiology of critically ill patients. It includes thirty chapters gathered under the same five different thematic networks as ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Medical Sciences
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2321-354X,2455-6254
DOI: 10.5005/jmeds-5-1-iv