Key result
Intensive care unit infection was associated with a higher mortality rate (45%) compared to non-infected patients (19%), especially after intra-abdominal surgery or stays over one week.
Why the study?
Does infection increase mortality in patients admitted to a Respiratory Intensive Care Unit?
Does infection increase mortality in patients admitted to a Respiratory Intensive Care Unit?
Infection in Respiratory ICU was associated with higher mortality after intra-abdominal surgery or prolonged stay; leaves open whether prevention improves survival in trials.
Infection remains a continuing problem in intensive care units'-* and several recent articles have discussed opportunistic3 and nosocomial infection^,^-^ but there are few studies on the overall extent of the problem.This survey aims to quantify the problem in one intensive care unit, to assess its importance and, if possible, to identify those groups of patients particularly at risk. Material and MethodsFour hundred and thirty-three patients (age range 6 months to 83 years), admitted to a Respiratory Intensive Care Unit between June 1974 and November 1975, were included in the study.
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Thorp et al. (1979) studied this question. Intensive care unit infection was associated with a higher mortality rate (45%) compared to non-infected patients (19%), especially after intra-abdominal surgery or stays over one week.
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