Development and validation of the Baseline Recurrence Risk in Cellulitis (BRRISC) score.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Cellulitis is often treated with antibiotics for longer than recommended by guidelines. Prolonged therapy may reduce recurrence in certain patients, but it is not known which patients are at greatest risk. Our objective was to develop and temporally validate a risk prediction score to identify patients attending hospital with cellulitis at highest risk of recurrence.

Methods

We included UK adult patients with cellulitis attending hospital in an electronic health records (EHR) study to identify demographic, comorbid, physiological, and laboratory factors predicting recurrence (before death) within 90 days, using multivariable logistic regression with backwards elimination in complete cases. A points-based risk score integerised model coefficients for selected predi

SUBMITTER: L A Cross E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11832457 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature