Infections in the Adult Intensive Care Unit
Hilary Humphreys • Bob Winter • Mical Paul
2013
In the acute hospital, infections in critically care patients are more common than in most other parts of the hospital and are often the most complicated. The complexity of underlying disease and the reasons requiring admission to the critical care unit, e.g. multiple trauma, make the diagnosis, management and prevention of infection challenging and the input of a range of healthcare professionals is required…