Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Feb 2023
Multicenter StudyRelationship between immunosuppression and intensive care unit-acquired colonization and infection related to multidrug-resistant bacteria: a prospective multicenter cohort study.
The impact of immunosuppression on intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired colonization and infection related to multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria (ICU-MDR-col and ICU-MDR-inf, respectively) is unknown. ⋯ Immunocompromised patients had a significantly lower incidence rate of a composite outcome including ICU-MDR-col and/or ICU-MDR-inf. This finding points to the role of contact precautions and isolation measures, and could have important implications on antibiotic stewardship in this population.
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Intensive care medicine · Feb 2023
Comment Randomized Controlled TrialAssociation between acute disease severity and one-year quality of life among post-hospitalisation COVID-19 patients: Coalition VII prospective cohort study.
To assess the association between acute disease severity and 1-year quality of life in patients discharged after hospitalisation due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). ⋯ COVID-19 patients who needed mechanical ventilation during hospitalisation have lower 1-year quality of life than COVID-19 patients who did not need mechanical ventilation during hospitalisation.