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Life-threatening Skin Disorders Treated in the Burn Center: Impact of Health care-associated Infections on Length of Stay, Survival, and Hospital Charges.

Abstract
This article reviews a single burn center experience with life-threatening skin disorders, over a 10-year period. It explores the incidence of health care-associated infections and the impact on length of stay, hospital charges, and mortality.
AuthorsSteven J Hermiz, Paul Diegidio, Shiara Ortiz-Pujols, Roja Garimella, David J Weber, David van Duin, Charles Scott Hultman
JournalClinics in plastic surgery (Clin Plast Surg) Vol. 44 Issue 3 Pg. 597-602 (Jul 2017) ISSN: 1558-0504 [Electronic] United States
PMID28576248 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Burn Units
  • Burns (complications, mortality, therapy)
  • Critical Care
  • Cross Infection (diagnosis, epidemiology, therapy)
  • Female
  • Hospital Charges
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Length of Stay
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (diagnosis, epidemiology, therapy)

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