Publications by authors named "Latorre Otin Cristina"
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to analyze the epidemiological characteristics of nosocomial infections (NI) in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at a university hospital in Barcelona from May to October 2000.
- - In the PICU, there were 26.5 NI per 100 admissions, while the NICU had 74.3, with bacteraemia being the most common type of infection and Gram-positive bacteria being the main pathogens identified.
- - Key risk factors for NI included age under 1 year and mechanical ventilation in the PICU, and low birth weight and umbilical artery catheterization in the NICU, highlighting the need for improved infection control measures to
