Research Article
Hospital-Acquired Blood Stream Infection in an Adult Intensive Care Unit
Table 1
Patient factors considered to be associated with developing a bloodstream infection on the intensive care unit.
| | Factor | Number (%) of BSI cases |
| | Mechanically ventilated | 10 (83) | | High-risk equipment/Procedures | 8 (67) | | Immunosuppression | 5 (42) | | Malignancy | 5 (42) | | Steroids | 5 (42) | | Surgical admission | 3 (25) | | Diabetes mellitus | 2 (17) | | Multiple line changes over the course of patients stay | 2 (17) | | Chronic kidney disease | 2 (17) | | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 1 (8) | | Liver disease | 1 (8) |
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