Analysis of Clostridium difficile infections after cardiac surgery: Epidemiologic and economic implications from national data

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2404-2409

  Flagg, Andrew ^a   Koch, Colleen G ^b   Schiltz, Nicholas ^a   Chandran Pillai, Aiswarya ^a   Gordon, Steven M ^b   Pettersson, Gösta B ^b   Soltesz, Edward G ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911001953     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.04.017     Document Type: Article

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