9
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
0 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: not found

      Infectious diseases and mortality among US nursing home residents.

      American Journal of Public Health
      Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Bed Rest, adverse effects, Catheters, Indwelling, Child, Child, Preschool, Communicable Diseases, mortality, Cross Infection, Female, Health Surveys, Hospitalization, statistics & numerical data, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.), Nursing Homes, Patient Discharge, Pneumonia, Population Surveillance, Risk Factors, Seasons, United States, epidemiology, Urinary Catheterization, Urinary Tract Infections, etiology

      Read this article at

      ScienceOpenPublisherPMC
      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          Data collected in the 1985 National Nursing Home Survey were analyzed to identify risk factors for infections and mortality and to explore their relationship in US nursing homes. An infection was recorded in 166,609 (14%) discharges. Risk of pneumonia was found to be higher among bedbound patients (54.5 vs 13.1 per 100 discharges); urinary tract and other infections were most frequent among residents with indwelling catheters (6.6 vs 1.0 per 100 discharges). Residents with pneumonia were more likely than those with other infections to die (35% vs 28%), or be discharged to hospitals if alive (94% vs 66%). Thus, immobility and catheterization were associated with infections in US nursing homes, and pneumonia was found to contribute to mortality.

          Related collections

          Author and article information

          Comments

          Comment on this article