Denver and Marshall scores successfully predict susceptibility to multiple independent infections in trauma patients.

ABSTRACT: Trauma patients are at risk of repeated hospital-acquired infections, however predictive scores aiming to identify susceptibility to such infections are lacking. The objective of this study was to investigate whether commonly employed disease-severity scores can successfully predict susceptibility to multiple independent infectious episodes (MIIEs) among trauma patients. A secondary analysis of data derived from the prospective, longitudinal study "Inflammation and the Host Response to Injury" ("Glue Grant") was performed. 1,665 trauma patients, older than 16, were included. Patients who died within seven days from the time of injury were excluded. Five commonly used disease-severity scores [Denver, Marshall, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), Injury Severity Sc

SUBMITTER: Almpani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7190145 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature