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Nosocomial septicaemias in a cardiologic ward. A case-control study
A Rivas1, R Colebunders, K Van den Abbeele
1Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium.
European Journal of Epidemiology
|October 1, 1994
Abstract:
Nosocomial septicaemias were studied in a cardiologic ward at the University Hospital of Antwerp, Belgium. The incidence of nosocomial infections was found to be 2.7 per 1,000 admissions per year. A case-control study suggested that in contrast with coronarography and pacemaker implantation, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty may be a risk factor for nosocomial septicaemia (OR 4.5, 95% confidence interval 0.7-33.4).