Infectious diseases
Conditions
Interventions
Case group:None
Control group:None
Sponsors
West china hospital, Sichuan university
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
65 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Clinical data of elderly patients (=65 years old) with multimorbidity in West China Hospital of Sichuan University from January 2017 to June 2022 were retrospectively collected. Multimorbidity refers to the following three diseases: 1) chronic physical diseases, such as coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc; 2) chronic mental and psychological diseases, such as depression, schizophrenia, etc; 3) geriatric syndromes, such as dementia, depression, frailty, malnutrition, etc. If there were multiple infection events during hospitalization and the interval between the two infections was more than three weeks, each infection was regarded as an independent event. The discharge diagnosis included infectious diseases such as pulmonary infection(pneumonia), urinary tract infection(cystitis, pyelonephritis), bloodstream infection, abdominal infection, skin and soft tissue infection(furuncle,carbuncle), sepsis, etc.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who resided in geriatric wards for a long time and were readmitted only on a regular period.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| In hospital mortality; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Length of stay; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactTang rui
West China hospital, Sichuan university
Outcome results
None listed