Evidence exists that patients requiring neurologic ICU admission have concomitant immunosuppression that makes them more prone to acquiring nosocomial infections.
The risk of infection is highest in the acute phase after stroke, which may be attributed to stroke-induced immunodepression syndrome. Significant numbers of patients are being diagnosed inappropriately with catheter-associated urinary tract infection, for which they receive treatment that is not recommended. Protocol-based care enables providers to translate evidence into practice.
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1211 Medical Center Drive, Nashville, TN 37212, USA.
Reference: Nurs Clin North Am. 2014 Mar;49(1):29-43.
doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2013.11.008
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24485184
