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The microbiological profile of nosocomial infection in a respiratory intensive ...
Brum, G; Monteiro, J T; Monteiro, F; Valença, J; Gonçalves, J R; Lito, L M; Couto, H; Freitas e Costa, MIn 1987, in the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit of Santa Maria Hospital we developed a nosocomial surveillance program with specially created software that provides knowledge of NI in the ICU at any moment. The information gathered along the time is particularly useful in the correlation of the risk factors, the most frequent microorganisms and in the institution of empiric antibiotic therapy. Out of 2528 patie...
Severity evaluation of ventilated patients at a respiratory intensive care unit...
Brum, G; Teixeira, E; Barroso, C; Monteiro, F; Alves, S; Magalhães, V; Bastardo, M; Couto, A; Freitas e Costa, M FAPACHE II system, is a simple and inexpensive method to evaluate severity of Intensive Care Patients. In a 2 years period (between 1988 and 1990), grading severity using APACHE II system, was performed on 498 consecutive mechanical Ventilated Patients in a Respiratory Intensive Care Unit. APACHE II was higher in COPD patients, but patients with Pneumonia and Organophosphate Poisoning had higher mortality. Corre...