Candida Infections in Critically Ill Trauma Patients

摘要: Hypothesis We sought to determine whether the usual risk factors for fungal infections are applied trauma patients. Design Case-control study. Setting American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma–certified Level I center in a tertiary care community hospital. Patients Screening medical records consecutive sample 459 patients aged 16 years or older admitted an intensive unit 4 days more from 1993 through 1996 identified 20 infected with Candida species. Two case controls each were selected remaining using sex, age within 5 years, mechanism injury, and best fit first Abbreviated Injury Scale scores; Severity Score length stay also used if needed. Interventions None. Results Univariate analyses by t χ 2 tests showed significance ( P Conclusion Many classic infection other populations actually concomitants injury severity its requisite level Hyperalimentation persistently critically ill significantly increases infection.