Risk factors for lower respiratory tract infections in a psychiatric hospital: a retrospective study
Conclusions: Our study shows that ICU and ECT treatment were risk factors for LRI and pneumonia in patients with SZ or MDD, and patients with SZ has a prevalence of hospital-acquired infection because of restraint and clozapine treatments.
Source: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Qun Yang, Jiancheng Qiu, Xing Chen, Yalan Hu, Hongmei Shen Source Type: research
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