NOSOCOMIAL SEPTICEMIAS IN A CARDIOLOGIC WARD - A CASE-CONTROL STUDY

Authors
RIVAS A COLEBUNDERS R VANDENABBEELE K VRINTS C SION JP SNOECK J
Citation
A. Rivas et al., NOSOCOMIAL SEPTICEMIAS IN A CARDIOLOGIC WARD - A CASE-CONTROL STUDY, European journal of epidemiology, 10(5), 1994, pp. 641-643
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
European journal of epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03932990
Volume
10
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
641 - 643
Database
ISI
SICI code
0393-2990(1994)10:5<641:NSIACW>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Nosocomial septicaemias were studied in a cardiologic ward at the Univ ersity Hospital of Antwerp, Belgium. The incidence of nosocomial infec tions was found to be 2.7 per 1,000 admissions per year. A case-contro l study suggested that in contrast with coronarography and pacemaker i mplantation, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty may be a r isk factor for nosocomial septicaemia (OR 4.5, 95% confidence interval 0.7-33.4).