Community acquired infections among refugees leading to Intensive Care Unit admissions in Turkey

Türktan, Mediha; Ak, ÖZNUR; Erdem, Hakan; Özcengiz, Dilek; Hargreaves, Sally; Kaya, Safak; Karakoç, Emre; Ozkan-Kuscu, Ozlem; Tuncer-Ertem, Gunay; Tekin, Recep; Birbicer, Handan; Durmus, Gul; Yilmaz, Canan; Kocak, Funda; Puca, Edmond; Rello, Jordi

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2017.02.022

Community acquired infections among refugees leading to Intensive Care Unit admissions in Turkey

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, vol.58, pp.111-114, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 58
Publication Date: 2017
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.02.022
Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.111-114
Keywords: refugees, Turkey, Syria, community-acquired infections, intensive-care unit, PNEUMONIA, PREVALENCE, DISEASES, WAR, MANAGEMENT, PROGNOSIS, MORTALITY, TRAVELERS, OUTCOMES, ILLNESS
Kütahya Health Sciences University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objectives: Data on the impact of refugees on Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are lacking in the literature, in particular for community-acquired (CA) infectious diseases, for which they are known to be at higher risk. We did a descriptive, multicenter study to analyze CA infections among refugee patients requiring ICU admission.