TY - JOUR
T1 - Patterns of infections in older patients acutely admitted to medical wards: data from the REPOSI register
AU - Dominguez Rodriguez, Ligia Juliana
AU - Salzano, Francesco Antonio
AU - Barbagallo, Mario
AU - Mazzola, Pietro
AU - Montalto, Giuseppe
AU - Gennaro, Accursio
AU - Tedeschi, Adriano
AU - Gabrielli, Alessandra
AU - Girelli, Davide Nicola
AU - Montalto, Filippo Alessandro
AU - Cocita, Floriana
AU - Nobili, Gilberto
AU - Vannini, Giulio
AU - Sofia, Laura
AU - Plances, Lidia
AU - Mancarella, Marco
AU - Maira, Maria Daniela
AU - Piro, Maria Santina
AU - Castello, Riccardo
AU - Malerba, Valentina
AU - Bonfanti, Valeria Alessia
AU - Beneduce, Vincenza
AU - Novelli, Vita Maria
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In older adults infections are among the leading causes ofemergency department visits, hospitalization, morbidityand mortality [1–3]. Infections also occur as adverse eventsduring hospitalization, as highlighted by the large use ofantibiotics in this setting, resulting in an increase of hospitalizationlength and mortality rate [4–6]. There is a paucityof studies, especially in European countries, that did offera general pattern on all the types of infections occurringin acutely hospitalized older patients, being the literaturemainly focused on single type of infections (i.e. pneumoniaand urinary tract infections). To fill this gap of knowledge,we chose to observe and describe the prevalence and typesof infections in a large cohort of older hospitalized patientsin the frame of REPOSI (REgistro POliterapie SIMI) register.
AB - In older adults infections are among the leading causes ofemergency department visits, hospitalization, morbidityand mortality [1–3]. Infections also occur as adverse eventsduring hospitalization, as highlighted by the large use ofantibiotics in this setting, resulting in an increase of hospitalizationlength and mortality rate [4–6]. There is a paucityof studies, especially in European countries, that did offera general pattern on all the types of infections occurringin acutely hospitalized older patients, being the literaturemainly focused on single type of infections (i.e. pneumoniaand urinary tract infections). To fill this gap of knowledge,we chose to observe and describe the prevalence and typesof infections in a large cohort of older hospitalized patientsin the frame of REPOSI (REgistro POliterapie SIMI) register.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/481544
M3 - Article
VL - 14
SP - 1347
EP - 1352
JO - Internal and Emergency Medicine
JF - Internal and Emergency Medicine
SN - 1828-0447
ER -