Hospital costs associated with nosocomial infections in a pediatric intensive care unit

• Main Authors: Áurea Morillo-García (Author), Josefa M. Aldana-Espinal (Author), Antonio Olry de Labry-Lima (Author), Raquel Valencia-Martín (Author), Reyes López-Márquez (Author), Mercedes Loscertales-Abril (Author), Manuel Conde-Herrera (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To estimate the additional cost attributable to nosocomial infection (NI) in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and related factors. Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted in all children admitted to the PICU of a tertiary-care pediatric hospital between 2008 and 2009. Desc...