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[Intensive therapy units--the links in the risk for the development and spread of hospital infections]. 1998

N Ribarova, and V Doĭcheva, and Kh Khristov

An epidemiological study on the wide spreading of nosocomial infections among patients admitted to intensive care units in Bulgaria is carried out, covering the period 1982 through 1996. The proportion of nosocomial infections registered in the aforementioned wards accounts for 4.66 +/- 0.33 per cent of the overall in patient infectious pathology. Eight per cent of the patients discharged from intensive care units develop infections originating in hospitals. The predominant nosological entities recorded include pulmonary infections, operative wound suppurations and urinary system infections. More than 15 microorganisms, causing agents of infectious processes, are isolated with E. coli ranking first, followed by Staphylococcus spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, etc. The partial registration of nosocomial infection cases in the various intensive care units interferes greatly with the practical implementation of updated and adequate measures for prophylaxis and struggle against the infections. Thus, conditions are created promoting prolongation and rising cost of the inpatient treatment, continuous disability, premature death and reduced efficiency of the medical cares delivered.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007362	Intensive Care Units	Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill patients.	ICU Intensive Care Units,Intensive Care Unit,Unit, Intensive Care
D009017	Morbidity	The proportion of patients with a particular disease during a given year per given unit of population.	Morbidities
D002031	Bulgaria	A country in Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey. The capital is Sofia.
D003428	Cross Infection	Any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution.	Hospital Infections,Nosocomial Infections,Health Care Associated Infection,Health Care Associated Infections,Healthcare Associated Infections,Infection, Cross,Infections, Hospital,Infections, Nosocomial,Cross Infections,Healthcare Associated Infection,Hospital Infection,Infection, Healthcare Associated,Infection, Hospital,Infection, Nosocomial,Infections, Cross,Infections, Healthcare Associated,Nosocomial Infection
D004196	Disease Outbreaks	Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS.	Outbreaks,Infectious Disease Outbreaks,Disease Outbreak,Disease Outbreak, Infectious,Disease Outbreaks, Infectious,Infectious Disease Outbreak,Outbreak, Disease,Outbreak, Infectious Disease,Outbreaks, Disease,Outbreaks, Infectious Disease
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012307	Risk Factors	An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.	Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor
D015994	Incidence	The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases in the population at a given time.	Attack Rate,Cumulative Incidence,Incidence Proportion,Incidence Rate,Person-time Rate,Secondary Attack Rate,Attack Rate, Secondary,Attack Rates,Cumulative Incidences,Incidence Proportions,Incidence Rates,Incidence, Cumulative,Incidences,Person time Rate,Person-time Rates,Proportion, Incidence,Rate, Attack,Rate, Incidence,Rate, Person-time,Rate, Secondary Attack,Secondary Attack Rates
D015995	Prevalence	The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time.	Period Prevalence,Point Prevalence,Period Prevalences,Point Prevalences,Prevalence, Period,Prevalence, Point,Prevalences