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Critical Care
Erschienen in: Critical Care 1/2005

01.02.2004 | Commentary

Ethics roundtable debate: A patient dies from an ICU-acquired infection related to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – how do you defend your case and your team?

verfasst von: Jean-Louis Vincent, Christian Brun-Buisson, Michael Niederman, Christian Haenni, Stephan Harbarth, Dominique Sprumont, Mauricio Valencia, Antoni Torres

Erschienen in: Critical Care | Ausgabe 1/2005

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Abstract

An elderly patient dies from septic shock in the intensive care unit. This is perhaps not an unusual scenario, but in this case the sepsis happens to have been due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, possibly related to a catheter, and possibly transmitted from a patient in a neighbouring room by less than adequate compliance with infection control procedures. The family decides to sue. We present how experts from four different countries assess the medicolegal issues involved in this case.
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Metadaten
Titel
Ethics roundtable debate: A patient dies from an ICU-acquired infection related to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – how do you defend your case and your team?
verfasst von
Jean-Louis Vincent
Christian Brun-Buisson
Michael Niederman
Christian Haenni
Stephan Harbarth
Dominique Sprumont
Mauricio Valencia
Antoni Torres
Publikationsdatum
01.02.2004
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
Critical Care / Ausgabe 1/2005
Elektronische ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc3016

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