Santiago Morales, Maureen E Bowers, Lauren Shuffrey, Katherine Ziegler, Sonya Troller-Renfree, Alexis Hernandez, Stephanie C Leach, Monica McGrath, Cindy Ola, Leslie D Leve, Sara S Nozadi, Margaret M Swingler, Jin-Shei Lai, Julie B Schweitzer, William Fifer, Carlos A Camargo, Gurjit K Khurana Hershey, Allison L B Shapiro, Daniel P Keating, Tina V Hartert, Sean Deoni, Assiamira Ferrara, Amy J Elliott
Maternal education prospectively predicts child neurocognitive function: An environmental influences on child health outcomes study
Developmental psychology
health careassociated infections hais increase mortality length stay cost hospitalized patients incidence risk factors developing hais pediatric population cardiac surgery studied study evaluates impact hais length stay inpatient mortality cost hospitalization pediatric population cardiac surgery kids inpatient database queried analysis patients 18 years age underwent cardiac surgery 1997 2012 included hais defined central lineassociated blood stream infections catheterassociated urinary tract infections ventilatorassociated pneumonias surgical wound infections univariate analysis compared admissions without hai next regression analysis done determine patient factors independently associated hai determine specific hais independently associated primary outcomes total 46 169 admissions included 773 16 hai regression analysis showed younger age p 001 heart failure 12 95 ci 1114 p 03 acute kidney injury aki 27 2036 p 001 among others independently associated hai presence hai associated increased length stay median 29 vs 6 days p 001 total cost median 271 884 vs 88 385 p 001 inpatient mortality 61 vs 25 p 001 univariate analysis regression analysis demonstrated hai independently associated increased length stay increased total charges hospital stay however hai associated increased mortality regression analysis incidence hais analysis low 16 contributed significantly length stay cost individual hai associated increased mortality potential modifiable risk factors include age prevention aki