For their study, researchers conducted a database analysis on all infections acquired in a single surgical/trauma ICU from 2000-2010. The analysis included all-cause mortality rates.
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Specifically, the researchers identified 799 resistant pathogens associated with 1,493 ICU-acquired infections. A statistical analysis revealed that while rates of drug-resistant infections increased during the 10-year study period, all-cause mortality rates for patients from the single surgical ICU actually fell by four percent.
Researchers concluded patients in the surgical ICU died with, not from, infection. These patients were also likely to have a poor prognosis or have high risk of infection due to age or some other factor.
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