Antimicrobial resistance and patient outcomes: the hazards of adjustment

被引：21

作者：

Schwaber, Mitchell J. ^{[1
]}

Carmeli, Yehuda ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Tel Aviv Sourasky Med Ctr, Div Epidemiol, Tel Aviv, Israel

来源：

CRITICAL CARE | 2006年 / 10卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1186/cc5019

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100602 ;

摘要：

Outcomes studies of infections with resistant bacteria often do not account appropriately for intermediate variables - events in the causal pathway between the exposure and the outcome - when controlling for confounders. We discuss how failure to distinguish between confounders and intermediate variables can bias the analysis, and we address methods of approaching this issue.

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