A Descriptive Study of Nosocomial Infections in an Adult Intensive Care Unit in Fiji: 2011-12

<div class="floats-full-page floats-full-page-figure"><h2>Box 1</h2><div class="floats-full-page-caption">Indicators of a systemic inflammatory response.</div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table><tr><td><table class="algorithm" id="figbox1"><tr><td colspan="2">Temperature (onset of fever) &gt;38°C </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Increased white cell count &gt;12,000<sup>3</sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Increased heart rate &gt;90 beats per minute</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Tachypnoea &gt;20</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">New chest infiltrates</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Purulent endotracheal/tracheal discharges </td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></div>

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