scholarly journals Hospital-Acquired Infections After Cardiac Surgery and Current Physician Practices: A Retrospective Cohort Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott O’Keefe ◽  
Kenneth Williams ◽  
Jean-Francois Legare
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Surgery ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Retrospective Cohort Study ◽  
Retrospective Cohort ◽  
Physician Practices ◽  
Hospital Acquired Infections ◽  
Hospital Acquired

Use of single-bed rooms may decrease the incidence of hospital-acquired infections in geriatric patients: A retrospective cohort study in Central Denmark region

2021 ◽  
pp. 135581962199486
Author(s):  
Merete Gregersen ◽  
Anders Mellemkjær ◽  
Catherine H Foss ◽  
Sif Blandfort
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Retrospective Cohort Study ◽  
Retrospective Cohort ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Electronic Patient Records ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Hospital Acquired Infections ◽  
Comorbidity Index ◽  
Discharge From Hospital ◽  
Hospital Acquired

Objective Patients accommodated in single-bed rooms may have a reduced risk of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) compared to those in multi-bed rooms. This study aimed to examine the effect of single-bed accommodation on HAIs in older patients admitted to a geriatric ward. Methods A retrospective cohort study of patients admitted to geriatric wards in a university hospital in Central Denmark Region linked to a move to a newly built hospital, involving all consecutively admitted patients aged 65 years and over from 15 September to 19 December 2016 and a similar cohort admitted in the same three months in 2017. We compared the incidence of HAIs in patients in single-bed accommodation to those in multi-bed accommodation using retrospective review of electronic patient records, with all infections verified microbiologically or by X-ray with onset between 48 hours after admission to 48 hours after discharge from hospital. Results In total 446 patients were included. The incidence of HAIs in multi-bed accommodation was 30% compared to 20% in single-bed accommodation. The hazard ratio was 0.62 (95% Confidence Interval 0.43–0.91, p = 0.01) for single-bed accommodation. This finding remained robust after adjustment for age, sex, infection at admission, risk of sepsis, use of catheter, treatment with prednisone or methotrexate, and comorbidity index. Conclusion Accommodation in single-bed rooms appeared to reduce HAIs compared to multi-bed rooms in two geriatric wards. This finding should be considered as hypothesis-generating and be examined further using an experimental design.

scholarly journals Pulmonary artery catheter use in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a retrospective, cohort study

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew D. Shaw ◽  
Michael G. Mythen ◽  
Douglas Shook ◽  
David K. Hayashida ◽  
Xuan Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Surgery ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Pulmonary Artery ◽  
Pulmonary Artery Catheter ◽  
Retrospective Cohort Study ◽  
Retrospective Cohort ◽  
Adult Patients

scholarly journals Prediction Model for Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcer Development: Retrospective Cohort Study

10.2196/13785 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. e13785 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sookyung Hyun ◽  
Susan Moffatt-Bruce ◽  
Cheryl Cooper ◽  
Brenda Hixon ◽  
Pacharmon Kaewprag
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Prediction Model ◽  
Pressure Ulcer ◽  
Retrospective Cohort Study ◽  
Retrospective Cohort ◽  
Pressure Ulcer Development ◽  
Hospital Acquired
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