Abstract
We performed a multicenter prospective matched cohort study to evaluate the mortality attributable to hospital-acquired infections among 12,791 patients admitted to surgical departments. We were able to match 731 patients with 1 or more hospital-acquired infections (ie, case patients) with 731 patients without a hospital-acquired infection (ie, control patients) at a 1:1 ratio. Of the 731 case patients, 42 (5.7\%) died; of the 731 control patients, 23 (3.1\%) died--a significant difference of 2.6\%.
- 80
- adolescent,
- adult
- adult,
- aged,
- and
- child,
- cohort
- female,
- germany,
- hospital
- humans,
- infection,
- infections,
- male,
- middle
- mortality,
- over,
- prospective
- studies,
- surgical
- wound
- young
- {community-acquired}
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