Research Article: Impact of Irrational Use of Antibiotics Among Patients in the Intensive Care Unit on Clinical Outcomes in Sudan
Abstract:
The intensive care unit (ICU) is a critical care unit for providing care to critically ill patients that involves intensive and specialized medical and nursing monitoring care. Also, it enhances the capacity for multiple methods of physiological organ support to sustain life during life-threatening organ system insufficiency. Patients with critical infectious diseases are also managed in the ICU; they can become a significant source of spreading infectious organisms, which may lead to nosocomial infections. Nosocomial infections are associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and health-care costs. Nosocomial infections are a serious patient safety concern in the modern healthcare system as it is the fifth most hazardous cause of death among hospitalized patients. The mortality rates associated with nosocomial infections can reach %, accounting for approximately % of total ICU expenditures.
Introduction:
The intensive care unit (ICU) is a critical care unit for providing care to critically ill patients that involves intensive and specialized medical and nursing monitoring care. Also, it enhances the capacity for multiple methods of physiological organ support to sustain life during life-threatening organ system insufficiency. Patients with critical infectious diseases are also managed in the ICU; they can become a significant source of spreading infectious organisms, which may lead to nosocomial infections.…
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