Mortality and risks related to healthcare-associated infection

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Ester Sena Souza¹  Renata Aparecida Belei¹  Claudia Maria Dantas De Maio Carrilho¹  Tiemi Matsuo¹  Sueli Fumie Yamada-ogatta¹  Galdino Andrade¹  Marcia Regina Eches Perugini¹  Flávia Meneguetti Pieri¹  Elma Mathias Dessunti¹  Gilselena Kerbauy¹ 

关键词: Cross infection;    Epidemiology;    Mortality;    Risk factors;    Infección hospitalaria;    Epidemiología;    Mortalidad;    Factores de riesgo;    Infecção hospitalar;    Epidemiologia;    Mortalidade;    Fatores de risco;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0104-07072015002940013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Healthcare-associated infections are a major cause of morbidity-mortality among hospitalized patients. The aim of this epidemiological study was to determine mortality and risks related to death in adult patients with healthcare-associated infections admitted to a teaching hospital in one year. Patient data were collected from infection medical reports. The mortality rate associated with infections was 38.4%, and it was classified as a contributing factor to deaths in 87.1% of death cases. The correlation between healthcare-associated infection and death was statistically significant among clinical patients (41.3%) presenting comorbidities related to the diagnosis (55.8%), cardiovascular infection (62.2%), pneumonia (48.9%), developing sepsis (69.0%), as well as patients who had been colonized (45.2%) and infected (44.7%) by multidrug resistance microorganisms.

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