ArticleISRN stroke2013
Hospital-Acquired Infection Underlies Poor Functional Outcome in Patients with Prolonged Length of Stay.
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- Risk factor identification and prediction models for prolonged length of stay in hospital after acute ischemic stroke using artificial neural networks.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
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- Predictors of prolonged hospital stay in a Comprehensive Stroke Unit.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2019Article
- Does a regular Wessex Head Injury Matrix assessment identify early signs of infections in people with Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness?Brain injury · 2018Article
- Predictive model of length of stay and discharge destination in neuroscience admissions.Surgical neurology international · 2017Article
- Sex-Related Differences in the Risk of Hospital-Acquired Sepsis and Pneumonia Post Acute Ischemic Stroke.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · 2016Article
- To reduce the average length of stay of patients who are admitted for DA-EPOCH-R chemotherapy regimen.BMJ quality improvement reports · 2015Article
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Abstract
introductionProlonged length of stay (pLOS) following ischemic stroke inflates cost, increases risk for hospital-acquired complications, and has been associated with worse prognosis.
methodsAcute ischemic stroke patients admitted between July 2008 and December 2010 were retrospectively analyzed for pLOS, defined as a patient stable for discharge hospitalized for an additional ≥24 hours.
resultsOf 274 patients included, 106 (38.7%) had pLOS (median age 65 years, 60.6% female, 69.0% black). Patients with pLOS had higher admission NIHSS than patients without pLOS (9 versus 5,
conclusionsThe contraction of a hospital-acquired infection was a significant predictor of pLOS and a contributor of poor short-term outcome following an ischemic stroke. Whether the cause or the consequence of pLOS, hospital-acquired infections are largely preventable and a target for reducing length of stay.
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