Deaths among the elderly with ICU infections

Deaths among the elderly with ICU infections

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the clinical outcome of elderly patients admitted to intensive care units who had nosocomial infection, correlating the findings with sociodemographic and clinical variables. Method: descriptive research, performed with 308 elderly patients. The collection was made...

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Main Authors: Álvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa, Artur Acelino Francisco Luz Nunes Queiroz, Layze Braz de Oliveira, Luana Kelle Batista Moura, Denise de Andrade, Evandro Watanabe, Maria Eliete Batista Moura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem
Series:Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Subjects:
Infection
Elderly
Clinical Outcome
Death
Intensive Care Units
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