Wound Botulism in Injection Drug Users: Time to Antitoxin Correlates with Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay
[Article]
Offerman, Steven R.; Schaefer, Melissa; Thundiyil, Joseph G; Cook, Matthew D; Holmes, James F
Objectives: We sought to identify factors associated with need for mechanical ventilation (MV), length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay, length of hospital stay, and poor outcome in injection drug users (IDUs) with wound botulism (WB).
2009
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
10/4
Offerman, Steven R.; Schaefer, Melissa; Thundiyil, Joseph G; Cook, Matthew D; Holmes, James F