Risk prediction for 30-day mortality among patients with Clostridium difficile infections: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current guidelines have unsatisfied performance in predicting severe outcomes after Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Our objectives were to develop a risk prediction model for 30-day mortality and to examine its performance among inpatients with CDI.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study was conducted at China Medical University Hospital, a 2111-bed tertiary medical center in central Taiwan. We included adult inpatients who had a first positive C. difficile culture or toxin assay and had diarrhea as the study population. The main exposure of interest was the biochemical profiles of white blood cell count, serum creatinine (SCr), estimated glomerular filtration rate, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum albumin, and glucose. The primary outcome wa

SUBMITTER: Chiang HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6852910 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature