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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2011 Sep 14;203(2):198–204. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.05.012

Table 4.

Type and frequency of infectious complications.

Infection type Infectious episode
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
Ventilator associated pneumonia 24 5 5 2 2 1 1 - -
Urinary tract infection 19 9 5 2 1 1 1 2 -
Wound infection 9 6 2 1 2 1 1 - -
intraabdominal abscess - 1 1 - - - - - -
Line infection 1 1 - - - - - - 1
Other soft tissue 2 - 1 - - - - - -
Sepsis 2 2 - 1 - - - - -
Other - 1 1 - - - - - -