2000
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-200009080-00011
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Evaluation of Clinical Practice Guidelines on Outcome of Infection in Medical Intensive Care Unit Patients

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“…The implementation of such general recommendations in both surgical and medical ICUs has been reported to reduce costs without adversely affecting patients' outcomes. 36,45,226 Methods for an optimal coverage of pathogens that may be potentially resistant to empirical antimicrobial therapy would include the selection of a new class of antimicrobial agents or the routine administration of combined agents from different classes. It should be mentioned that the efficacy of a combination of aminoglycoside with ␤-lactam remains controversial.…”
Section: Control Of Antimicrobial Usementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The implementation of such general recommendations in both surgical and medical ICUs has been reported to reduce costs without adversely affecting patients' outcomes. 36,45,226 Methods for an optimal coverage of pathogens that may be potentially resistant to empirical antimicrobial therapy would include the selection of a new class of antimicrobial agents or the routine administration of combined agents from different classes. It should be mentioned that the efficacy of a combination of aminoglycoside with ␤-lactam remains controversial.…”
Section: Control Of Antimicrobial Usementioning
confidence: 99%
“…They may also vary with the type of surveillance (Table 2). 22,24,[35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49] A prevalence of 20.6% was reported by Vincent et al 16 in the European Prevalence of Infection in Intensive Care study, which included 10,038 patients from 1,417 European ICUs in 1992. Pneumonia was the most common NI (46.9%), followed by lower respiratory tract infection other than pneumonia (17.8%), urinary tract infection (UTI) (17.6%), and laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection (12%).…”
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“…The infection rate was 19.9 per 1000 patient-days. Two single center studies reported rates of 12.3 42 and 34 per 1000 patientdays. 43 Gram-positive pathogens accounted for 65% of BSIs.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Ιδιαίτερη σημασία έχει ο εξωγενής αποικισμός, από την οριζόντια μετάδοση μικροβίων μεταξύ των ασθενών μέσω της άμεσης επαφής από τα χέρια του προσωπικού, ιατρικού και νοσηλευτικού, αλλά και από τα διάφορες ιατρικές συσκευές[26][27][28] .2.2. ΚΥΡΙΟΤΕΡΕΣ ΝΟΣΟΚΟΜΕΙΑΚΕΣ ΛΟΙΜΩΞΕΙΣ ΣΤΟΥΣ ΑΣΘΕΝΕΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΜΕΘΟι σοβαρότερες και συχνότερες από τις λοιμώξεις στους νοσηλευόμενους ασθενείς των ΜΕΘ, είναι οι βακτηριαιμίες και η πνευμονία η σχετιζόμενη με την μηχανική αναπνοή9,29,30 . με τον ορισμό του CDC (Centers for Disease Control, Κέντρο Ελέγχου Λοιμώξεων των ΗΠΑ, 1988)31 , ως πρωτογενής, χαρακτηρίζεται η μικροβιαιμία στην οποία δεν υπάρχει εμφανής εστία, ή η πηγή προέλευσης των μικροβίων είναι οι ενδοφλέβιοι καθετήρες.Μικροοργανισμοί, οι οποίοι ανήκουν στη φυσιολογική χλωρίδα του δέρματος, αλλά και μικροοργανισμοί που βρίσκονται στο νοσοκομειακό περιβάλλον, ευθύνονται για τις λοιμώξεις αυτές.…”
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