Serious infections in people with systemic sclerosis: a national US study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study incidence, time trends, and outcomes of serious infections in systemic sclerosis (SSc).

Methods

We used the 1998-2016 US National Inpatient Sample data. We examined the epidemiology, time trends, and outcomes of five serious infections (opportunistic infections (OI), skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI), urinary tract infection (UTI), pneumonia, and sepsis/bacteremia) in hospitalized people with SSc. We performed multivariable-adjusted logistic regression analyses to analyze independent association of factors with healthcare utilization (hospital charges, length of hospital stay, discharge to non-home setting) and in-hospital mortality.

Results

There were 49,904,955 hospitalizations with serious infections in people without SSc and 61,615 in those

SUBMITTER: Singh JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7322895 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature