• Hospital topics · Apr 2010

    The relationship between hospital size and ICU type on select adverse patient outcomes.

    • Milisa Manojlovich, Cathy L Antonakos, and David L Ronis.
    • University of Michigan School of Nursing.
    • Hosp Top. 2010 Apr 1; 88 (2): 33-42.

    AbstractThe authors examined the relationships among hospital size and unit type, the prevalence of pressure ulcers, and rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia and catheter-related bloodstream infections in 25 intensive care units (ICUs) in 8 hospitals. Data came from the American Hospital Association survey, and nursing and infection control databases. Multiple regression was the main statistical technique. Pressure ulcer prevalence and catheter-related bloodstream infection rates were higher in large hospitals; ventilator-associated pneumonia rates were higher in surgical ICUs. Future researchers should include factors often hidden within hospital and unit characteristics to expose possible relationships that may be incorporated into interventions to prevent adverse outcomes.

      Pubmed     Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…