EUROPEAN NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION SURVEY - ANALYSIS OF IRISH DATA

Authors
MARSH B HONE R WHITE M PHELAN D FABRY J
Citation
B. Marsh et al., EUROPEAN NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION SURVEY - ANALYSIS OF IRISH DATA, Irish medical journal, 89(3), 1996, pp. 96-98
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Irish medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
03323102
Volume
89
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
96 - 98
Database
ISI
SICI code
0332-3102(1996)89:3<96:ENIS-A>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The European Nosocomial Infection Survey enrolled 9127 patients in 14 countries providing epidemiological data on pneumonia in 325 Intensive Care Units (ICU). Ten ICUs took part in Ireland recruiting 205 patien ts. Using strict diagnostic criteria, the pneumonia rate for the Irish group was 11.7%; European-wide it was of 11.8%. The ICU mortality Ire land was 14.2%, in the overall survey it was 14.3%. The pneumonia mort ality rate in the overall survey was 30%.