title: [Nosocomial infection and mortality].
abstract: A retrospective study with 69 deaths occurred at a pediatric hospital in 1993 was undertaken to identify the relationship of nosocomial infection with death. Pneumonia and bloodstream infection were the main site of infection. A higher prevalence of gram-negative bacteria was also observed. The hospital infection was causally related to death in 30.4% and contributed to death in 50.8% of children. The nosocomial infection was causally related to death more frequently in patients classified as having a non fatal disease at admission.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Médico Cirúrgica, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo. rturrini@usp.br
authors.forename: Ruth Natalia Teresa
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Turrini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies