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Epidemiology of Infections in ICUs: Where Are We?

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Patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) represent 8 to 15% of overall hospital population [1]. A frequent problem related to ICU stay is the relative high incidence of infections, rates of which are higher than 40% as reported in some prevalence studies [2, 3]. This percentage is 5–10 times higher when compared with the infections in patients admitted in the normal wards; furthermore, in some hospitals of United States, recurrence of infections in ICUs represents more than 20% of overall nosocomial infections [4].

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  1. Department of Surgery, Health Sciences Center, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, USA

    A. E. Baue M.D.

  2. Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Clinic, Trieste University Medical School, Trieste, Italy

    G. Berlot M.D.  & A. Gullo M.D.  & 

  3. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital Free University of Brussels, Belgium

    J.-L. Vincent M.D.

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Viviani, M., Berlot, G., Gullo, A. (2001). Epidemiology of Infections in ICUs: Where Are We?. In: Baue, A.E., Berlot, G., Gullo, A., Vincent, JL. (eds) Sepsis and Organ Dysfunction. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2229-4_1

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