[Higher risk for health care associated infections in hospitalized children with special health needs]. / Mayor riesgo de infecciones asociadas a atención en salud en niños con necesidades especiales hospitalizados.
Rev Chilena Infectol
; 31(3): 287-92, 2014 Jun.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25146202
BACKGROUND: Nosocomial infections (NIs) represent an important public health issue, being associated with high morbidity, mortality and costs. OBJECTIVES: To identify risk factors of NIs in a cohort of hospitalized pediatric patients, with emphasis in children with special health care needs (CSHCN). PATIENTS AND METHODS: We studied patients hospitalized in Sótero del Río Pediatric Hospital at Santiago-Chile, between September and December, 2009. Relative Risk (RR) was calculated between CSHCN-3 (children attended by three or more health care professionals) versus non CSHCN-3, and between children with medical complexity (CMC) versus non CMC, using log-binomial models. RESULTS: 920 patients were included. Prevalence of NIs was 12.7%. The most frequent diagnoses were gastrointestinal and respiratory viral infections. Both crude and adjusted by confounders (age and sex), CSHCN-3 and CMC presented significantly higher risk of NIs compared to patients without these conditions (RR 2.91 and RR 2.16, respectively). CONCLUSION: CSHCN-3 and CMC represent independent conditions associated to a 2-3 fold risk of NIs.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Criança Hospitalizada
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Infecção Hospitalar
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev Chilena Infectol
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Chile