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ArticleChinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi2018

Risk factors of mortality in nosocomial infected traumatic patients in a trauma referral center in south of Iran.

Mahnaz Yadollahi, Ali Kashkooe, Monireh Feyzi, Saman Bornapour

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Article in Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Definitions of hospital-acquired pneumonia in trauma research: a systematic review.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024
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  2. Epidemiology, risk factors, and antimicrobial resistance of nosocomial infections in the intensive care unit trauma patients: A cross-sectional study.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mahnaz YadollahiTrauma Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Ali KashkooeStudent Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Electronic address: ali.kashkooe@yahoo.com.
Monireh FeyziTrauma Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Saman BornapourTrauma Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTrauma-related injuries are the leading cause of death worldwide. Some risk factors make traumatic patients susceptible to infection. Furthermore, some mortality risk factors, including length of hospitalization and increasing age, were detected in non-traumatic infected patients. This study aimed to assess mortality risk factors among nosocomial infected traumatic patients in Rajaee trauma center, Shiraz, Iran.

methodsThis prospective cohort study was conducted during a period of 2 years since April 2015 to March 2017 in Rajaee hospital, which is the center of emergency medical services for traumatic injuries in Shiraz, Iran. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Healthcare Safety Network surveillance system criteria were applied to define 5 types of nosocomial infections. The variables analyzed as the risk factors of infection and mortality included sex, age, mechanism of injury, site of injury, injury severity score (ISS), surgical intervention, length of hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and type of pathogen. Then, the incidence of nosocomial infection and also risk factors of mortality in traumatic patients were evaluated. All data analyses were performed using the statistical package for social sciences, version 15 (SPSS Inc., Chicago) and p ≤ 0.05 is considered to be statistically significant.

resultsThe incidence of nosocomial infection was 7.2% (p < 0.001). Pneumonia was the most common type of infection detected in our study. Infection led to a 7.8-fold increase in mortality of the traumatic patients (p < 0.001). Admission in intensive care units and old age were the main risk factors of mortality in infected traumatic patients. Old age, gunshot and motor vehicle accidents, trauma to extremities and abdomen, higher injury severity score, and prolonged hospitalization, made the traumatic patients more susceptible to infection.

conclusionThe really high incidence of nosocomial infection in traumatic patients in Iran depends on some risk factors that should be considered. Also infection increases the mortality rate in the traumatic patients, which could be reduced by eliminating its risk factors.

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Age DistributionCohort StudiesCross InfectionDeveloping CountriesFemaleHospitalizationHospital MortalityHumansIncidenceInjury Severity ScoreIranLength of StayLogistic ModelsMaleProspective StudiesRisk AssessmentIncidenceMortalityNosocomial infectionRisk factorsWounds and injuries

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