Saadika B Khan, Usuf M E Chikte, Ridwaan Omar
From classroom teaching to clinical practice: experiences of senior dental students regarding the shortened dental arch concept
Journal of dental education
important determine prevalence prognosis communityacquired infection cai nosocomial infection ni develop treatment strategies appropriate medical policies aging society patients hospitalized january 2010 december 2019 culture tests performed antibiotics administered selected using national claimsbased database annual trends incidence inhospital mortality calculated evaluated dividing patients four age groups 73962409 inpatients registered database 97 47 cai ni respectively incidences tended increase across years groups among patients hospitalized infectious diseases significant increase patients aged 85 years cai 104year ni 094year p 0001 significant decrease hospitalization patients aged 64 years cai 163year ni 094year p 0001 inhospital mortality significantly higher ni cai group cai 83 ni 145 adjusted mean difference 47 ni group higher organ support medical cost per patient longer duration hospital stay decreasing trend mortality observed groups cai 053year ni 072year p 0001 present analysis large japanese claims database showed ni significant burden hospitalized patients aging societies emphasizing need address particularly ni