Increases in mortality, length of stay, and cost associated with hospital-acquired infections in trauma patients.

Laurent G. Glance; Pat W. Stone; Dana B. Mukamel; Andrew W. Dick

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Increases in mortality, length of stay, and cost associated with hospital-acquired infections in trauma patients.

December 21, 2014

Glance LG, Stone PW, Mukamel DB, et al. Arch Surg. 2011;146(7):794-801.

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This study found that health care–associated infections were linked to significant increases in mortality, length of stay, and costs in a large population of trauma patients.

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