At-risk drinkers are at higher risk to acquire a bacterial infection during an intensive care unit stay than abstinent or moderate drinkers

OBJECTIVES:To determine whether excessive alcohol consumption increases the risk for intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired bacterial infection, especially ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), in nontrauma patients. DESIGN:Prospective observational cohort study. SETTING:A 21-bed polyvalent ICU in a un...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Critical care medicine 2008-06, Vol.36 (6), p.1735-1741
Hauptverfasser:	Gacouin, Arnaud, Legay, François, Camus, Christophe, Volatron, Anne-Claire, Barbarot, Nicolas, Donnio, Pierre-Yves, Thomas, Rémi, Le Tulzo, Yves
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology Alcoholism - complications Alcoholism - epidemiology Alcoholism - mortality Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy APACHE Bacterial Infections - epidemiology Biological and medical sciences Clinical death. Palliative care. Organ gift and preservation Cohort Studies Cross Infection - epidemiology Female France Hospital Mortality Humans Intensive care medicine Intensive Care Units - statistics & numerical data Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data Liver Transplantation - statistics & numerical data Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - epidemiology Postoperative Complications - epidemiology Prospective Studies Risk Temperance - statistics & numerical data
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