What is it about?
Central venous catheter devices are important in healthcare delivery. The devices are however associated with the development of bloodstream infection. The study explores the length of stay and mortality of patients who developed nosocomial bloodstream infection compared to those who do not. It is a study based on a developing country setting in an area where little-published materials are available in a suchlike setting.
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Why is it important?
The study provides results from a developing country and compares the results to the available literature. Our findings show that the mortality of patients who develop nosocomial central line-associated bloodstream infection (clabsi) is higher. The length of hospitalization is increased to patients who develop the nosocomial clabsi.
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This article comes in handy in respect to study of survival for patients who utilize central venous catheter devices in relation to the development of nosocomial central line-associated bloodstream infection of hospitalized patients an area which has very little published research from developing countries. I hope you find this article insightful.
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This page is a summary of: Analysis of survival for patients in relation to central venous catheter and nosocomial blood stream infections: A case study of Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, F1000Research, November 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.,
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.16819.1.
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