An interpretable machine learning model for predicting in-hospital mortality in ICU patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia. by Junying Wei, Heshan Cao, Mingling Peng, Yinzhou Zhang, Sibei Li, Wuhua Ma, Yuhui Li

“…<h4>Background</h4>Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common nosocomial infection in ICU, significantly associated with poor outcomes. …”
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Rehabilitation Nursing Practice Guiding for Patients with COVID-19 by Rehabilitation Nursing Committee of Chinese Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chinese Committee of Consortium of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Nursing, Hui DING, Xiuyun LI, Cai'e ZHENG

“…The rehabilitation nursing management consists of the requirements of nosocomial infection management, regional safety management, patient management and companion, management of early warning system, which should strengthen the management of rehabilitation nursing, enforcing the standard for prevention and ward disinfection and quarantine, establishing the report system of early warning, reinforcing the management of inpatient and the companion. …”
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Three-Year Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Use in a Chinese University Hospital by Fa-Hong Jing, Qiang Wang, Tian-Jiao He, Na Xin, Yao-Wei Wang, Yang Han, Xin Wang, Zhuo Li

“…Data including basic patient information, antimicrobial drugs, quality evaluation of antimicrobial drug prescription, and the risk factors of nosocomial infection were collected from doctor network workstation. …”
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Clinico-epidemiological characteristics of patients reported with intra-hospital infection in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Cienfuegos, 2015-2019 by Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Sadis Suárez del Villar Seuret, Tania Cantero Martínez, Maribel Caridad Águila Toledo, Sarah Hernández Malpica, Vivian Hernández Monsón

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the nosocomial infection rate is comparable with the numbers reported internationally. …”
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Bacteriological Assessment of the Indoor Air of Different Hospitals of Kathmandu District by Arzu Kunwar, Samyukta Tamrakar, Shyaron Poudel, Sony Sharma, Pramila Parajuli

“…Nosocomial infection is the infection that has been caught in a hospital and is potentially caused by organisms that are not susceptible to antibiotics. …”
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Acinetobacter baumannii Lipopolysaccharide Influences Adipokine Expression in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes by Yuka Unno, Yoshinori Sato, Satoshi Nishida, Akiyo Nakano, Ryuichi Nakano, Tsuneyuki Ubagai, Yasuo Ono

“…In addition, obesity has been associated with an increased risk of nosocomial infection, suggesting that there may be an association between A. baumannii and white adipose tissue. …”
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Correlations of inflammatory processes caused by cerebral stroke with the outcome of the disease by A. Vaitkus, J. Valinčiūtė, S. Gylytė

“…All neuroinflammatory reactions and mediators play a negative role in initiating the pathological response to stroke and thus promote the development of inflammatory processes. Nosocomial infection. Elevated inflammatory markers and other prognostic factors are directly associated with higher rates of in-hospital complications such as pneumonia, urinary tract infection, and unfavorable stroke outcomes. …”
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Identification of bla OXA−51−23−58, bla VIM , bla NDM, and bla IMP carbapenemase genes in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from hospitalized patients by Kosar Salmani Nasrabadi, Yasaman Ahmadi, Seyed Mahdi Ghasemi, Dariush Shokri

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Evaluation of Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Isolates by Years by Cennet Rağbetli, Mehmet Parlak, Yasemin Bayram, Huseyin Guducuoglu, Nesrin Ceylan

“…Currently, retrospective evaluations of causes of nosocomial infection should be done periodically. We think that any alteration of resistance over the years has to be identified, and all centers must determine their own resistance profiles, in order to guide empirical therapies. …”
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Reduction in Surgical Wound Infection Rates Associated with Reporting Data to Surgeons by GD Taylor, M Buchanan-Chell, T Kirkland, M McKenzie, B Sutherland, R Wiens

“…Overall there was a 32% decrease in ssi rate between the index year and 1993 or, in percentage terms, 2.8% to 1.9% (rr 0.65, 95% ci 0.51 to 0.86, P=0.002). ssi surveillance should become standard in Canadian hospitals interested in improving the quality of surgical care and reducing the clinical impact and cost associated with nosocomial infection.…”
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Molecular Epidemiology of Escherichia coli Resistant to Carbapenems, Fluoroquinolones, and Aminoglycosides Isolated from One of the Largest Hospitals in Vietnam in 2014–2019 by Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama, Do Van Thanh, Truong Thai Phuong, Nguyen Quang Huy, Pham Thi Phuong Thuy, Teruo Kirikae, Pham Hong Nhung, Norio Ohmagari

“…MDR E. coli isolates isolated at a high-volume Vietnamese hospital were very heterogeneous, suggesting that they were acquired from different sources, including nosocomial infection, animals, and water. Eradication of MDR E. coli from hospitals and other clinical environments is very challenging because a single measure may be ineffective.…”
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Multilocus Sequence Typing for Interpreting Blood Isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis by Prannda Sharma, Ashley E. Satorius, Marika R. Raff, Adriana Rivera, Duane W. Newton, John G. Younger

“…Staphylococcus epidermidis is an important cause of nosocomial infection and bacteremia. It is also a common contaminant of blood cultures and, as a result, there is frequently uncertainty as to its diagnostic significance when recovered in the clinical laboratory. …”
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Treatment Options for Nosocomial Ventriculitis/Meningitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Marios Karvouniaris, Zoi Aidoni, Eleni Gkeka, Stella Niki Primikyri, Konstantinos Pagioulas, Elena Argiriadou

“…Ventriculo-meningitis or nosocomial meningitis/ventriculitis is a severe nosocomial infection that is associated with devastating neurological sequelae. …”
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Isolation and characterization of a novel lytic phage K14-2 infecting diverse species of the genus Klebsiella and Raoultella by Seomin Kang, Jeong-Eun Han, Young-Sik Choi, In-Chul Jeong, Jin-Woo Bae, Jin-Woo Bae, Jin-Woo Bae

“…Multi-drug-resistant bacteria pose a significant global threat to public health, particularly among patients with critical nosocomial infection. Notably, the genera Klebsiella and Raoultella are of concern due to their association with human infections and the transfer of antibiotic-resistance genes. …”
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Use of Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery (SBCS) to Optimize Parameters Affecting the Subjective Perception of the Procedure by P. Studený, J. Vránová, L. Nováček

“…However, SBCS has also some advantages (faster visual rehabilitation, lower risk of nosocomial infection, and lower cost). Performing surgery on both eyes in one session has one additional advantage which has not yet been described in the literature (according to the information available to authors). …”
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External validation of radiobiological models for local control prediction in lung cancer patients treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy by Bao-Tian Huang, Pei-Xian Lin, Ying Wang, Li-Mei Luo

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Perioperative or neo/adjuvant chemoimmunotherapy versus chemotherapy for resectable non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Qiong Zhang, Jia Duan, Yuanmei Zhang, Lei Yang, Duo Li

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Hospital-Based Air-Borne and Surface-Borne Bacterial Pathogens and Their Antimicrobial Profiles in Wolaita Sodo, Southern Ethiopia by Chemere Madebo, Admasu Haile, Temesgen Eticha, Fithamlak Solomon

“…This study revealed that S. aureus, P. aeruginosa, K. pneumoniae, and E. coli were nosocomial infection concerns of the hospital, and this could be the reason for different types of hospital acquired infections in the study area. …”
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Effects of Prone Positioning for Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Caused by Pulmonary Contusion: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Xiaoyi Liu, Hui Liu, Shilian Liu, Wenlai Zhou, Qing Lan, Jun Duan, Xue Li, Xiangde Zheng

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Triglyceride-glucose index is associated with microcirculatory resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes and STEMI undergoing primary PCI by Guoyu Wang, Cen Xu, Jian Wang, Zhimei Teng, Xiang Sha, Kai Xu, Ruzhu Wang, Li Zhu

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