Attributable cost of a nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit: A prospective cohort study

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World J Crit Care Med. Feb 4, 2017; 6(1): 79-84
Published online Feb 4, 2017. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v6.i1.79

Table 1 Demographic data of the groups with and without hospital acquired infections

Features	HAI (n = 76)	No HAI (n = 420)	P value
Age, mean (SD), (yr)	39.4 (16.2)	42.9 (16.5)	0.04
Male:female	46:30	241:179	0.70
APACHE II score, mean (SD)	14.01 (4.7)	13.9 (6.0)	0.58
Diagnosis n (%)
Sepsis (including scrub typhus)	27 (35.5)	195 (46.4)
Deliberate self-harm	30 (39.4)	99 (23.6)
Cardiac	4 (5.3)	34 (8.1)	0.11
Acute respiratory distress syndrome	5 (6.6)	28 (6.7)
Neurological	6 (7.9)	43 (10.2)
Others	4 (5.3)	21 (5.0)

Data not available for 3 patients. HAI: Hospital acquired infection; APACHE: Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; SD: Standard deviation.

Citation: Chacko B, Thomas K, David T, Paul H, Jeyaseelan L, Peter JV. Attributable cost of a nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit: A prospective cohort study. World J Crit Care Med 2017; 6(1): 79-84
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5492/wjccm.v6.i1.79