introduction: previous studies have shown that various factors such as emotional stress can trigger of mi in susceptible persons. more studies are needed to evaluate the characteristics of patients regarding to emotional stress, heavy work, routine activity, infection or rest before occurrence of mi. methods: we studied 608 consecutive hospitalized in ccus from may 2000 to october 2001. for pat...

OBJECTIVES Fever in hospitalized patients (FHP) is a difficult problem. We study clinical characteristics and predictive parameters of infection, sepsis and outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS Prospective study of 204 patients with fever > 38 degrees C admitted in an Internal Medicine ward. In each patient clinical evaluation, complete blood count (CBC) urinalysis (UA), C-reactive protein (CRP), ch...

INTRODUCTION Nosocomial infection rates constitute an indicator of welfare quality, permitting to adopt measures of prevention and control. It has been developed a surveillance plan of the nosocomial infection in hospitals, showing to be an efficient method to diminish its incident. OBJECTIVE To know the indicators and characteristics of the nosocomial infection and of the infection of the si...

BACKGROUND Nosocomial infections increase the cost of medical care, extend hospital stay and reflect on the morbidity and mortality of the admitted patients. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common nosocomial infections in humans. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence and antibiogram of nosocomial UITs from a referral hospital. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conduct...

BACKGROUND Microbiologically contaminated drinking water is a cause of community-acquired infection, and guidelines for prevention of such infections have been established. Microbes in hospital water can also cause nosocomial infection, yet guidelines for preventing such infections do not exist. The purpose of this review is to assess the magnitude of the problem caused by waterborne nosocomial...

BACKGROUND We estimated the nationwide burden of nosocomial S. aureus bloodstream infection (SA-BSI), a major cause of nosocomial infection, in South Korea. METHODS To evaluate the nationwide incidence of nosocomial SA-BSI, cases of SA-BSI were prospectively collected from 22 hospitals with over 500 beds over 4?months. Data on patient-days were obtained from a national health insurance databa...

We performed a prospective study of bloodstream infection to determine factors independently associated with mortality. Between February 1999 and July 2000, 929 consecutive episodes of bloodstream infection at two tertiary care centers were studied. An ICD-9-based Charlson Index was used to adjust for underlying illness. Crude mortality was 24% (14% for community-onset versus 34% for nosocomial...

A two month study to investigate the incidence of nosocomial infection was conducted in a paediatric gastroenteritis ward of a black academic hospital. Enteric pathogens were identified on admission in 61 (47.2%) of 129 patients; 56 bacterial and 25 viral. Six per cent of patients had a combination of bacterial and viral pathogens. Enteric pathogens most frequently identified on admission were ...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to compare different control charts to monitor the nosocomial infection rate per 1,000 patient-days. METHODS The control charts considered in this study were the traditional Shewhart chart and a variation of this, the Cumulative Sum and Exponentially Weighted Moving Average charts. RESULTS We evaluated 238 nosocomial infections that were registered in the intensive...